I have a ul list, with 10 items, and I have a label that displays the selected li text.

When I click a button, I need to check the label, versus all the list items to find the matching one, when it finds that I need to assign the corresponding number.

I.e.

list: Messi Cristiano Zlatan

hidden values of list items: www.messi.com www.cronaldo.com www.ibra.com

label: Zlatan

script (thought)procces: get label text, search list for matching string, get the value of that string.

(and if someone could point me in a direction to learn these basic(?) stuff.

tried to be as specific as possible, thanks guys!

edit: really sorry for not being clear.

the li's are all getting a class dynamically (.listitem). the links can be stored in an array or in a hidden field (or other ul thats hidden) it doesn't really matter where the links are..

$('.listitem').click(function() {
$("#elname").text($(this).text());
$("#such").attr("href", $(this).attr('value'));
});

I was trying that with the li's having values but I realized that li's can't have values..

thanks again!