Hi problem with selected value!!

Hi friend, could u plz. Tell me how to display the slected option value in alert box? Code I wrote is like this.. But I am getting NULL.. Any help would be appreciable.. ===================================== <html> <head> <script language="Javascript"> function check() { var a; alert(document.babai.bongu.value); // Is it correct?? return true; } </script> </head> <body> <form name="babai"> <select name="bongu"> <option value="11">11</optiuon> <option value="12">12</optiuon> <option value="13">13</optiuon> </select> <input type="submit" value="check" onclick="check();"> </form> </body> </html> ============================================ Thanks in advance Balaji

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