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How do I get the value from the select option in Angular 4?

I want to assign it to a new variable in the component.ts file. I've tried this but outputs nothing.

Can you also do it using [(ngModel)]?

component.html

<form class="form-inline" (ngSubmit)="HelloCorp(f)" #f="ngForm">
     <div class="select">
         <select class="form-control col-lg-8" #corporation required>
             <option *ngFor="let corporation of corporations" [value]="corporationObj">{{corporation.corp_name}}</option>    
         </select>
             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary manage">Submit</button>
     </div>
</form>

component.ts

HelloCorp() {
const corporationObj = corporation.value;
}
piet.t
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Joseph
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7 Answers7

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As a general (see Stackblitz here: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-gh2rjx):

HTML

<select [(ngModel)]="selectedOption">
   <option *ngFor="let o of options">
      {{o.name}}
   </option>
</select>
<button (click)="print()">Click me</button>

<p>Selected option: {{ selectedOption }}</p>
<p>Button output: {{ printedOption }}</p>

Typescript

export class AppComponent {
  selectedOption: string;
  printedOption: string;

  options = [
    { name: "option1", value: 1 },
    { name: "option2", value: 2 }
  ]
  print() {
    this.printedOption = this.selectedOption;
  }
}

In your specific case you can use ngModel like this:

<form class="form-inline" (ngSubmit)="HelloCorp()">
     <div class="select">
         <select [(ngModel)]="corporationObj" class="form-control col-lg-8" #corporation required>
             <option *ngFor="let corporation of corporations"></option>    
         </select>
         <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary manage">Submit</button>
     </div>
</form>

HelloCorp() {
  console.log("My input: ", corporationObj);
}
mahval
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  • Is this it? No (ngSubmit) anymore? – Joseph Sep 27 '17 at 12:15
  • Yes this is it. You can use ngSubmit to trigger an event, for example:`console.log(corporationObj)`, and see your chosen input, but the corporationObj variable will change immediately, no submit needed. – mahval Sep 27 '17 at 12:17
  • Can you see my codes. I forgot to write this {{corporation.corp_name}}. This is the option values. Yours is still undefined?? – Joseph Sep 27 '17 at 12:25
  • My general example above should work for you. If not make sure you've both imported FormsModule and added it to your imports array in app.module.ts. – mahval Sep 27 '17 at 13:37
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export class MyComponent implements OnInit {

  items: any[] = [
    { id: 1, name: 'one' },
    { id: 2, name: 'two' },
    { id: 3, name: 'three' },
    { id: 4, name: 'four' },
    { id: 5, name: 'five' },
    { id: 6, name: 'six' }
  ];
  selected: number = 1;

  constructor() {
  }
  
  ngOnInit() {
  }
  
  selectOption(id: number) {
    //getted from event
    console.log(id);
    //getted from binding
    console.log(this.selected)
  }

}
<div>
  <select (change)="selectOption($event.target.value)"
  [(ngModel)]="selected">
  <option [value]="item.id" *ngFor="let item of items">{{item.name}}</option>
   </select>
</div> 
Alexis Tamariz
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    This is a code-only answer, which is not considered to be very good quality in StackOverflow. Please elaborate what this snippet does and why it helps to resolve the original issue. – quinz Aug 28 '18 at 20:38
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    Small correction: shouldn't the second line in the selectOption function be `console.log(this.selected);` (replacing "number" with "selected) ? – Ben Jun 24 '19 at 14:57
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You just need to put [(ngModel)] on your select element:

<select class="form-control col-lg-8" #corporation required [(ngModel)]="selectedValue">
Plog
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HTML code

    <form class="form-inline" (ngSubmit)="HelloCorp(modelName)">
        <div class="select">
            <select class="form-control col-lg-8" [(ngModel)]="modelName" required>
                <option *ngFor="let corporation of corporations" [ngValue]="corporation">
                    {{corporation.corp_name}}
                </option>    
            </select>
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary manage">Submit</button>
        </div> 
    </form>

Component code

HelloCorp(corporation) {
    var corporationObj = corporation.value;
}
Sujith S
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Instead of $event. Try using the below typecast function.

$any($event.target).value

Which will stop the type checking in the template. You can create a function in typescript for updating corporation or directly assign to a variable.

<select (change) = "updateCorporation($any($event.target).value)">
    <option>Corporation1</option>    
    <option>Corporation2</option>
</select>
Keegs
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0

This is very simple actually.

Please notice that I'm

I. adding name="selectedCorp" to your select opening tag, and

II. changing your [value]="corporationObj" to [value]="corporation", which is consistent with the corporation in your *ngFor="let corporation of corporations" statement:

 <form class="form-inline" (ngSubmit)="HelloCorp(f)" #f="ngForm">
   <div class="select">
     <select class="form-control col-lg-8" #corporation name="selectedCorp" required>
       <option *ngFor="let corporation of corporations" [value]="corporation">{{corporation.corp_name}}</option>
     </select>
     <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary manage">Submit</button>
   </div>
 </form>

And then in your .ts file, you just do the following:

HelloCorp(form: NgForm) {
   const corporationObj = form.value.selectedCorp;
}

and the const corporationObj now is the selected corporation object, which will include all the properties of the corporation class you have defined.

NOTE:

In the html code, by the statement [value]="corporation", the corporation (from *ngFor="let corporation of corporations") is bound to [value], and the name property will get the value.

Since the name is "selectedCorp", you can get the actual value by getting "form.value.selectedCorp" in your .ts file.

By the way, actually you don't need the "#corporation" in your "select" opening tag.

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    //in html file
    <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-6">
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name">Country</label>
                        <select class="form-control" formControlName="country" (change)="onCountryChange($event.target.value)">
                            <option disabled selected value [ngValue]="null"> -- Select Country  -- </option>
                            <option *ngFor="let country of countries" [value]="country.id">{{country.name}}</option>
                            <div *ngIf="isEdit">
                                <option></option>
                            </div>
                        </select>
                      </div>   
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="help-block" *ngIf="studentForm.get('country').invalid && studentForm.get('country').touched">
                <div *ngIf="studentForm.get('country').errors.required">*country is required</div>
            </div>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-6">
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name">State</label>
                        <select class="form-control" formControlName="state" (change)="onStateChange($event.target.value)">
                            <option disabled selected value [ngValue]="null"> -- Select State -- </option>
                            <option *ngFor="let state of states" [value]="state.id">{{state.state_name}}</option>
                        </select>
                      </div>   
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="help-block" *ngIf="studentForm.get('state').invalid && studentForm.get('state').touched">
                <div *ngIf="studentForm.get('state').errors.required">*state is enter code hererequired</div>
            </div>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-6">
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name">City</label>
                        <select class="form-control" formControlName="city">
                            <option disabled selected value [ngValue]="null"> -- Select City -- </option>
                            <option *ngFor="let city of cities" [value]="city.id" >{{city.city_name}}</option>
                        </select>
                      </div>   
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="help-block" *ngIf="studentForm.get('city').invalid && studentForm.get('city').touched">
                <div *ngIf="studentForm.get('city').errors.required">*city is required</div>
            </div>
    //then in component
    onCountryChange(countryId:number){
   this.studentServive.getSelectedState(countryId).subscribe(resData=>{
    this.states = resData;
   });
  }
  onStateChange(stateId:number){
    this.studentServive.getSelectedCity(stateId).subscribe(resData=>{
     this.cities = resData;
    });
   }`enter code here`
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    While this code may provide a solution to the question, it's better to add context as to why/how it works. This can help future users learn and eventually apply that knowledge to their own code. You are also likely to have positive-feedback/upvotes from users, when the code is explained. – Amit Verma Feb 17 '21 at 05:50