NIST An HTMLOptionsCollection is a list of nodes representing HTML option element. An individual node may be accessed by either ordinal index, the node's name or id attributes. (Test ordinal index=3). The item() method retrieves a node specified by ordinal index. Nodes are numbered in tree order. The index origin is 0. Retrieve the first SELECT element. Create a HTMLOptionsCollection. Retrieve the fourth item in the list and examine its firstChild's nodeValue. Rick Rivello 2002-08-01