Return value of a JQuery autocomplete using an array of objects as its source

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Published on 2013-10-25T20:31:07Z Indexed on 2013/10/25 21:54 UTC
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In a JQuery autocomplete which uses an array of objects as its source, can I display the label in the INPUT and later access the value? The default behavior is that the value is displayed in the INPUT after selection. In this case the values represent indexes to unique keys in rows in a table.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>autocomplete demo</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <label for="autocomplete">Select a programming language: </label>
    <input id="autocomplete">
    <script>
    $( "#autocomplete" ).autocomplete({
      source: [ { label:"c++", value:1 }, { label: "java", value:2 }, { label: "javascript", value:3 } ]
    });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

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