jQuery Select list, selected text value rather than the value
<p>building on my last question <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9191278/jquery-getting-values-from-multiple-selects-together">jQuery getting values from multiple selects together</a> </p>

<p>I have the select list like:</p>

<pre><code>  &lt;select name="access" class="change" id="staff_off"  runat="server"&gt;
                &lt;option value="8192"&gt;Off&lt;/option&gt;
                &lt;option value="8192"&gt;On&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>And I basically want to add or subtract the value of the options if it's off, subtract if it's on add it. It's going to be stored in a cookie (it uses bitwise)</p>

<p>The jquery I have is:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;script&gt;

        $(document).ready(function(){
           var currentAccess = $.cookie("access");
        })

        $("select").change(function () {
            var currentText = $(this).text()
            var value = $(this).val()

              $.cookie("access", value, { expires: 24 });

              alert(currentText);

              alert( $.cookie("access") );

            })

    &lt;/script&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I'll do the addition in the change function. The thing I can't work out is how to get the text of the select to do an if statement (so if it's yes, add the value, if it's no, subtract the value)</p>

<p>Tom</p>
