I have a dropdown that's being dynamically generated from JSON. The format is like this:
<optgroup id="US" label="United States class="optiongroup>
<option value="AS">American Samoa</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
...
<option value="VI">US Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="UT">Utah</option>
<optgroup>
<optgroup id="CA" label="Canada" class="optiongroup">
<option value="AB">Alberta</option>
<option value="BC">British Columbia</option>
...
<option value="QC">Quebec</option>
<option value="YT">Yukon Territory</option>
</optgroup>
I'm trying to figure out if all options in the optgroup have been selected. From here, I'm going to generate a string dependent if all options have been selected or just a few in the optgroup, so if the whole US is selected:
country = {[US]}
If only TN and MS are selected:
state = {country: US, statelist: [TN, MS]}
My first attempt was something like this:
$(".optiongroup").each(function() {
var optgroup = $(this);
$(optgroup.children()).each(function () {
if ($(this).is(':selected')) {
statearray.push($(this).attr('value'));
state_flag = 1; //see if state exists
} else {
country_flag = 0; //entire country not selected
}
}
This didn't work for me for some reason.
edit: If I selected two states say TN and AL, it would return statelist: [Obj obj]
You have to do a bit more checking to see if all are selected or not:
$(".optiongroup").each(function() {
var options = $(this).children("option"),
length = options.length;
if (options.filter(":selected").length == length) {
//all are selected, do something!
country_flag = 1;
return true; //continue
} else {
//Not all selected, so push states
options.filter(":selected").each(function() {
statearray.push(this.value);
});
}
});