For some reason, I can't extract the value out of a drop down list.

When the user clicks a text text box, I want an alert to come up with the value of the selection list.

In the following page, the alert box always comes up empty.

Code:
<html>
<head>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
<!--

function foo(){

ind = document.myform1.cost.options.selectedIndex
val = document.myform1.cost.options[ind].value
alert(val)

'also tried alert(document.myform1.cost.value) -- doesn't work


document.myform1.cost.focus()

}
-->

</SCRIPT>
</head>

<form name="myform1" action="run.asp" method="POST">
	<select name="cost">
		<option>60</option>
		<option>70</option>
		<option>80</option>
		<option>90</option>
		<option>100</option>
	</select>
	<input type="text" name="text1" onfocus="foo();">
</form>
</html>

Why doesnt this work?!!

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