Long description

Set 1 consists of five lines of H T M L code. Line 1: open angle bracket select i d equals open double quotes countries close double quotes close angle bracket at indentation level 0. Line 2: open angle bracket option value equals open double quotes 34 close double quotes close angle bracket Australia open angle bracket forward slash option close angle bracket at indentation level 1. Line 3: open angle bracket option value equals open double quotes 12 close double quotes close angle bracket Canada open angle bracket forward slash option close angle bracket at indentation level 1. Line 4: open angle bracket option value equals open double quotes 5 close double quotes close angle bracket Germany open angle bracket forward slash option close angle bracket at indentation level 1. Line 5: open angle bracket forward slash select close angle bracket at indentation level 0. There is dropdown element left to the code block with Australia as value. Note: The default selected item is the first option in the list.

Set 2 consists of five lines of JavaScript code all at indentation level 0. Line 1: var c equals document dot getElementBy i d open parenthesis open double quotes countries close double quotes close parenthesis semicolon. Line 2: alert open parenthesis c dot selectedIndex close parenthesis semicolon. This line points to text: open double quotes 0 close double quotes. Line 3: alert open parenthesis c dot value close parenthesis semicolon. This line points to text: open double quotes 34 close double quotes. Line 4: alert open parenthesis c dot options open square bracket c dot selectedIndex close square bracket dot textContent semicolon. This line points to text: open double quotes Australia close double quotes. Line 5: alert open parenthesis c dot options open square bracket c dot selectedIndex close square bracket dot value semicolon. This line points to text: open double quotes 34 close double quotes. Next it shows the mapping of c dot selected index with country name. 0 corresponds to Australia. 1 corresponds to Canada. 2 corresponds to Germany.