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Selection.val()

Get the current value of the first element in the set of matched elements. Mimics jquery.val.

Returns

TypeDescription
stringThe value of the first element in the set of matched elements.

Example

JavaScript
import { parseHTML } from 'k6/html';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export default function () {
  const content = `
                <input id="text_input" type="text" value="input-text-value"/>
                <select id="select_one">
                        <option value="not this option">no</option>
                        <option value="yes this option" selected>yes</option>
                </select>
                <select id="select_text">
                        <option>no text</option>
                        <option selected>yes text</option>
                </select>
                <select id="select_multi" multiple>
                        <option>option 1</option>
                        <option selected>option 2</option>
                        <option selected>option 3</option>
                </select>
                <textarea id="textarea" multiple>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</textarea>
  `;
  const doc = parseHTML(content);

  console.log(doc.find('#text_input').val());
  console.log(doc.find('#select_one option[selected]').val());
  console.log(doc.find('#select_one').val());
  console.log(doc.find('#select_text').val());
  console.log(doc.find('#select_multi').val());
  console.log(doc.find('#textarea').val());

  sleep(1);
}