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Outputting Data On A Webpage Based On Dropdown Menu/Form Value Inputs

What I need to do is have some sort of textbox form where someone can input a number, and based on this number a variable will multiply certain values by the number of shares: So

Solution 1:

Add an input and also add the corresponding keyup event to monitor for changes. I wrote up an example in jQuery.

var stocks = [
  ['Apple', 141.63, 144.77, 90.34],
  ['Microsoft', 65.48, 65.78, 48.43]
];

$(".selectStock").each(function (){
  for (var i = 0, len = stocks.length; i < len; i++) {
 $("<option>").html(stocks[i][0]).attr("value", i).appendTo(this);
}
});

function r2d (i) {
  return Math.round(i * 100) / 100
}

$(".selectStock").change(updateAmount);
$("#numberOfStocks").on('keyup', updateAmount);

function updateAmount() {
  $(".selectStock").each(function () {
    index = Number($(this).val());
    if (isNaN(index)) {
      return;
    }
    amt = Number($("#numberOfStocks").val());
    if (isNaN(amt) || amt == 0) {
      amt = 1;
    }
    $(this).nextAll(".result:first").html("")
      .append("$" + r2d(amt*stocks[index][1]) + " per share<br />")
      .append("$" + r2d(amt*stocks[index][2]) + " high year<br />")
      .append("$" + r2d(amt*stocks[index][3]) + " low year<br />");
  });
}
.side {
  float:left;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<head>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>

<body>

  <input value="1" type="text" id="numberOfStocks" />
  <div style="display:block;">
    <div class="side">
    <select class="selectStock">
      <option>Pick a stock!</option>
    </select>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="result"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="side">
    <select class="selectStock">
      <option>Pick a stock!</option>
    </select>

    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="result"></div>
</div>
  </div>
</body>

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