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Change value of Dropdown list with jquery with click event

I have a select option with the weekdays and a button, everytime I click on the button a new select option element is created, here is the code for it :
How can I make it that also when I click it loops through the weekdays e.g. first value is Monday, so when I click a new element is added and its value it Tuesday and so on ...
Thank you
$(document).ready(function() {
// gerHeightFromForm();
$("select").niceSelect();
$("#opening_hour_btn").click(function() {
var gethtml = $(
".opening_hour_wrapper .combo_wrap:first-child"
).html();
$(".opening_hour_wrapper").append(gethtml);
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-nice-select/1.1.0/js/jquery.nice-select.min.js" integrity="sha512-NqYds8su6jivy1/WLoW8x1tZMRD7/1ZfhWG/jcRQLOzV1k1rIODCpMgoBnar5QXshKJGV7vi0LXLNXPoFsM5Zg==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-nice-select/1.1.0/css/nice-select.css" integrity="sha512-uHuCigcmv3ByTqBQQEwngXWk7E/NaPYP+CFglpkXPnRQbSubJmEENgh+itRDYbWV0fUZmUz7fD/+JDdeQFD5+A==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" />
<div class="opening_hour_block">
<h5 class="common_title top-title">Opening hours</h5>
<div class="opening_hour_wrapper">
<div class="combo_wrap">
<div class="combo_selecter">
<div class="day_select">
<select>
<option value="Monday">Monday</option>
<option value="Tuesday">Tuesday</option>
<option value="Wednesday">Wednesday</option>
<option value="Thursday">Thursday</option>
<option value="Friday">Friday</option>
<option value="Saturday">Saturday</option>
<option value="Sunday">Sunday</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="time_select_block">
<div class="time_selecter">
<span class="am-pm">AM</span>
<select>
<option value="01:00">01:00</option>
<option value="01:30">01:30</option>
<option value="02:00">02:00</option>
<option value="02:30">02:30</option>
<option value="03:00">03:00</option>
<option value="03:30">03:30</option>
<option value="04:00">04:00</option>
<option value="04:30">04:30</option>
<option value="05:00">05:00</option>
<option value="05:30">05:30</option>
<option value="06:00">06:00</option>
<option value="06:30">06:30</option>
<option value="07:00">07:00</option>
<option value="07:30">07:30</option>
<option value="08:00">08:00</option>
<option value="08:30">08:30</option>
<option value="09:00">09:00</option>
<option value="09:30">09:30</option>
<option value="10:00">10:00</option>
<option value="10:30">10:30</option>
<option value="11:00">11:00</option>
<option value="11:30">11:30</option>
<option value="12:00">12:00</option>
<option value="12:30">12:30</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="time_selecter">
<span class="am-pm">PM</span>
<select>
<option value="01:00">01:00</option>
<option value="01:30">01:30</option>
<option value="02:00">02:00</option>
<option value="02:30">02:30</option>
<option value="03:00">03:00</option>
<option value="03:30">03:30</option>
<option value="04:00">04:00</option>
<option value="04:30">04:30</option>
<option value="05:00">05:00</option>
<option value="05:30">05:30</option>
<option value="06:00">06:00</option>
<option value="06:30">06:30</option>
<option value="07:00">07:00</option>
<option value="07:30">07:30</option>
<option value="08:00">08:00</option>
<option value="08:30">08:30</option>
<option value="09:00">09:00</option>
<option value="09:30">09:30</option>
<option value="10:00">10:00</option>
<option value="10:30">10:30</option>
<option value="11:00">11:00</option>
<option value="11:30">11:30</option>
<option value="12:00">12:00</option>
<option value="12:30">12:30</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="add-more" id="opening_hour_btn">
<i class="fa fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></i>
<span>Add opening hour</span>
</div>
</div>

Why are the 2 <select> elements that are being appended to my form not looking the same as the first 2 fixed in my Form?

I have an HTML form that gets company information.
In that form, I have 2 <select multiple> elements (one for company countries and one for sectors) on which I used JQuery and Bootstrap to give them a nice style and to allow the user to choose multiple options in an easier manner.
The Problem: When the user clicks "Add Company Button" to add a new company section to the form, the appended <select multiple> elements are not being styled the same way.
The difference isn't between the first two select fields, it is rather between the first 2 select fields and the pairs that get added when you click 'Add Company'. The first two are appearing how I want them (2 rectangular boxes in which the user clicks on multiple options from the dropdown), while the others are appearing like an unstyled dropdown where you have to press Ctrl+click on the options you want to select
Please note that I removed the CSS and other parts of the page to keep things simple. Also in the appended section, I removed some options to stay within the character limit of this post
The code:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".mul-select").select2({
placeholder: "Select Company Sectors", //placeholder
tags: true,
tokenSeparators: ['/', ',', ';', " "]
});
})
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".mul-select.countries").select2({
placeholder: "Company's Country Locations", //placeholder
tags: true,
tokenSeparators: ['/', ',', ';', " "]
});
})
$(document).ready(function() {
$("body").on("click", ".add_new_frm_field_btn", function() {
var index = $(".company-info").find(".company-info-row").length + 1;
$(".company-info").append(`
<div class="added company-info-row" style="margin:5% 0 0 0;">
<div class="company-data" style="padding:1% 4%;">
<div>
<select name="addedCompany[${index}][sectors][]" id="accountSector_${index}" class="dropdown mul-select" multiple="" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
<option value="Advertising">Advertising</option>
<option value="Aerospace">Aerospace</option>
<option value="Agriculture">Agriculture</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<select name="addedCompany[${index}][countries][]" id="additionalAccountLocations_${index}" class="dropdown mul-select countries" multiple="true">
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="add_del_btn_outer_comp" style="margin:0 4% 0 4%;">
<button class="add_new_frm_field_btn">
<img src="add-icon.png" alt="Add Company Button">
</button>
<button class="remove_node_btn_frm_field" disabled>
<img src="remove-icon.png" alt="Remove Company Button">
</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
`);
$(".company-info").find(".remove_node_btn_frm_field:not(:first)").prop("disabled", false);
$(".company-info").find(".remove_node_btn_frm_field").first().prop("disabled", true);
});
});
$(document).ready(function() {
//===== delete the form feed row
$("body").on("click", ".remove_node_btn_frm_field", function() {
$(this).closest(".company-info-row").remove();
console.log("success");
});
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.0/css/select2.min.css">
<!--<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>-->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.0/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="login-box">
<div class="company-info">
<div class="company-info-row">
<div class="company-data" style="padding:1% 4%;">
<div>
<select name="company[sectors][]" id="accountSector" class="dropdown mul-select" multiple>
<option value="Advertising">Advertising</option>
<option value="Aerospace">Aerospace</option>
<option value="Agriculture">Agriculture</option>
<option value="Apparel & Accessories">Apparel & Accessories</option>
<option value="Architecture">Architecture</option>
<option value="Automotive">Automotive</option>
<option value="Banking">Banking</option>
<option value="Biotechnology">Biotechnology</option>
<option value="Building Materials & Equipment">Building Materials & Equipment</option>
<option value="Chemical">Chemical</option>
<option value="Computer">Computer</option>
<option value="Construction">Construction</option>
<option value="Consulting">Consulting</option>
<option value="Creative">Creative</option>
<option value="Culture">Culture</option>
<option value="Defense">Defense</option>
<option value="Education">Education</option>
<option value="Electric Power">Electric Power</option>
<option value="Electronics">Electronics</option>
<option value="Energy">Energy</option>
<option value="Entertainment & Leisure">Entertainment & Leisure</option>
<option value="Finance">Finance</option>
<option value="Food & Beverage">Food & Beverage</option>
<option value="Grocery">Grocery</option>
<option value="Healthcare">Healthcare</option>
<option value="Hospitality">Hospitality</option>
<option value="Insurance">Insurance</option>
<option value="Legal">Legal</option>
<option value="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</option>
<option value="Marketing">Marketing</option>
<option value="Mass Media">Mass Media</option>
<option value="Mining">Mining</option>
<option value="Music">Music</option>
<option value="Petroleum">Petroleum</option>
<option value="Publishing">Publishing</option>
<option value="Real Estate">Real Estate</option>
<option value="Retail">Retail</option>
<option value="Service">Service</option>
<option value="Shipping">Shipping</option>
<option value="Software">Software</option>
<option value="Sports">Sports</option>
<option value="Support">Support</option>
<option value="Technology">Technology</option>
<option value="Telecommunications">Telecommunications</option>
<option value="Television">Television</option>
<option value="Testing, Inspection & Certification">Testing, Inspection & Certification</option>
<option value="Transportation">Transportation</option>
<option value="Travel">Travel</option>
<option value="Venture Capital">Venture Capital</option>
<option value="Water">Water</option>
<option value="Wholesale">Wholesale</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<select name="company[countries][]" id="additionalAccountLocations" class="dropdown mul-select countries" multiple>
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
<option value="Antigua & Barbuda">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Aruba">Aruba</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bonaire">Bonaire</option>
<option value="Bosnia & Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="British Indian Ocean Ter">British Indian Ocean Ter</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo">Congo</option>
<option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote DIvoire">Cote DIvoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Curaco">Curacao</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option>
<option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="French Southern Ter">French Southern Ter</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="Great Britain">Great Britain</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="Guam">Guam</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea North">Korea North</option>
<option value="Korea Sout">Korea South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macau">Macau</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Martinique">Martinique</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Midway Islands">Midway Islands</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option>
<option value="Nambia">Nambia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherland Antilles">Netherland Antilles</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands (Holland, Europe)</option>
<option value="Nevis">Nevis</option>
<option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Niue">Niue</option>
<option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau Island">Palau Island</option>
<option value="Palestine">Palestine</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Phillipines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Republic of Montenegro">Republic of Montenegro</option>
<option value="Republic of Serbia">Republic of Serbia</option>
<option value="Reunion">Reunion</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="St Barthelemy">St Barthelemy</option>
<option value="St Eustatius">St Eustatius</option>
<option value="St Helena">St Helena</option>
<option value="St Kitts-Nevis">St Kitts-Nevis</option>
<option value="St Lucia">St Lucia</option>
<option value="St Maarten">St Maarten</option>
<option value="St Pierre & Miquelon">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="St Vincent & Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</option>
<option value="Saipan">Saipan</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="Samoa American">Samoa American</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome & Principe">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Tahiti">Tahiti</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Turks & Caicos Is">Turks & Caicos Is</option>
<option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Erimates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United States of America">United States of America</option>
<option value="Uraguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (Brit)">Virgin Islands (Brit)</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (USA)">Virgin Islands (USA)</option>
<option value="Wake Island">Wake Island</option>
<option value="Wallis & Futana Is">Wallis & Futana Is</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zaire">Zaire</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="add_del_btn_outer_comp" style="margin:0 4% 0 4%;">
<button class="add_new_frm_field_btn">
<img src="add-icon.png" alt="Add Company Button">
</button>
<button class="remove_node_btn_frm_field" disabled>
<img src="remove-icon.png" alt="Remove Company Button">
</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Any help in making them appear and function in the same way is highly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
My Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/30jwqfc5/

The first two select elements are instance of select2 and the later element is native html select. You need to instantiate select2 for the dynamically generated select elements after hitting the add company button, inside the click handler,
$('.mul-select').select2();
here is the fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/vpof3ab5/

if statement javascript on select tag

I'm new to writing JavaScript
I want to write something like this but I cant access the opt group in my JavaScript …
if (select-country value == an option in optgroup(africa) ){
countryGrade=50
}
else if(select-country value == an option in optgroup(north america) ){
countryGrade=20
}
else if(select-country value == an option in optgroup(south america) ){
countryGrade=30
}
it is a form so when the form is submitted it will go over the conditions
what i to do is assign points to the country grade that is why im using if statement
var scholarshipGrade=document.getElementById("scholar_grade")
var form=document.getElementById("form")
var age=document.getElementById("age")
var fname=document.getElementById("fname")
var mname=document.getElementById("mname")
var lname=document.getElementById("name")
var ageGrade=0
var countryGrade=0
var subjectGrade=0;
scholarshipGrade=ageGrade+countryGrade+subjectGrade
form.addEventListener('submit',function(e){
e.preventDefault()
if(age.value >=18 && age.value <=24){
ageGrade= 100
}
else if(age.value >=25 && age.value <=30){
ageGrade=80
}
else if(age.value >=31 && age.value <=35){
ageGrade=50
}
else if(age.value >=36 && age.value <=40){
ageGrade=30
}
else if(age.value >=41){
ageGrade=10
}
})
body{
background-color:gray;
}
h1{
text-align: center;
}
p{
text-align: center;
}
input[type=text], select, textarea, input[type=email]{
width: 100%;
padding: 15px;
margin: 5px 0 22px 0;
display: inline-block;
border: none;
background: #f1f1f1;
}
<Html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<title>
Scholarship Project
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Apply For Scholarship</h1>
<div><p>You can apply for a scholarship here, check if you qualify after filling the following fields,after all fields are filled submit the form</p></div>
<form id="form" name="form">
<label> Firstname </label>
<input type="text" name="firstname" id="fname" /> <br> <br>
<label> Middlename: </label>
<input type="text" name="middlename" id="mname"/> <br> <br>
<label> Lastname: </label>
<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lname"/> <br> <br>
<br>
<label>
Gender :
</label>
<input type="radio" name="male"/> Male
<input type="radio" name="female"/> Female
<br>
<br>
<label>Enter your age: </label>
<input type="number" id= "age" name="num" min="18" max="60"><br> <br>
<label>
Phone :
</label>
<input type="text" name="phone" /> <br> <br>
Address
<br>
<textarea cols="80" rows="5" value="address">
</textarea>
<br> <br>
Email:
<input type="email" id="email" name="email"/> <br>
<br> <br>
<label for="country">select your country</label> <br>
<select id="select-country" name="country" >
<option value="" selected="">Select country</option>
<optgroup label="Africa" id="africa" >
<option value="DZ">Algeria</option>
<option value="AO">Angola</option>
<option value="BJ">Benin</option>
<option value="BW">Botswana</option>
<option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="BI">Burundi</option>
<option value="CM">Cameroon</option>
<option value="CV">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="CF">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="TD">Chad</option>
<option value="KM">Comoros</option>
<option value="CG">Congo</option>
<option value="CD">Congo, the Democratic Republic of the</option>
<option value="DJ">Dijibouti</option>
<option value="EG">Egypt</option>
<option value="GQ">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="ER">Eritrea</option>
<option value="ET">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="GA">Gabon</option>
<option value="GM">Gambia</option>
<option value="GH">Ghana</option>
<option value="GN">Guinea</option>
<option value="GW">Guinea-Bissau</option>
<option value="CI">Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</option>
<option value="KE">Kenya</option>
<option value="LS">Lesotho</option>
<option value="LR">Liberia</option>
<option value="LY">Libya</option>
<option value="MG">Madagascar</option>
<option value="MW">Malawi</option>
<option value="ML">Mali</option>
<option value="MR">Mauritania</option>
<option value="MU">Mauritius</option>
<option value="YT">Mayotte</option>
<option value="MA">Morocco</option>
<option value="MZ">Mozambique</option>
<option value="NA">Namibia</option>
<option value="NE">Niger</option>
<option value="NG">Nigeria</option>
<option value="RE">Reunion</option>
<option value="RW">Rwanda</option>
<option value="ST">Sao Tome and Principe</option>
<option value="SH">Saint Helena</option>
<option value="SN">Senegal</option>
<option value="SC">Seychelles</option>
<option value="SL">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="SO">Somalia</option>
<option value="ZA">South Africa</option>
<option value="SS">South Sudan</option>
<option value="SD">Sudan</option>
<option value="SZ">Swaziland</option>
<option value="TZ">Tanzania</option>
<option value="TG">Togo</option>
<option value="TN">Tunisia</option>
<option value="UG">Uganda</option>
<option value="EH">Western Sahara</option>
<option value="ZM">Zambia</option>
<option value="ZW">Zimbabwe</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='20' label="North America" class="namerica">
<option value="US">United States</option>
<option value="UM">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="MX">Mexico</option>
<option value="AI">Anguilla</option>
<option value="AG">Antigua and Barbuda</option>
<option value="AW">Aruba</option>
<option value="BS">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BB">Barbados</option>
<option value="BZ">Belize</option>
<option value="BM">Bermuda</option>
<option value="VG">British Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="KY">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="CR">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="CU">Cuba</option>
<option value="DM">Dominica</option>
<option value="DO">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="SV">El Salvador</option>
<option value="GD">Grenada</option>
<option value="GP">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="GT">Guatemala</option>
<option value="HT">Haiti</option>
<option value="HN">Honduras</option>
<option value="JM">Jamaica</option>
<option value="MQ">Martinique</option>
<option value="MS">Montserrat</option>
<option value="AN">Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option value="NI">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="PA">Panama</option>
<option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="KN">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option>
<option value="LC">Saint Lucia</option>
<option value="VC">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
<option value="TT">Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option value="TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</option>
<option value="VI">US Virgin Islands</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='30' label="South America" class="samerica">
<option value="AR">Argentina</option>
<option value="BO">Bolivia</option>
<option value="BR">Brazil</option>
<option value="CL">Chile</option>
<option value="CO">Colombia</option>
<option value="EC">Ecuador</option>
<option value="FK">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option>
<option value="GF">French Guiana</option>
<option value="GY">Guyana</option>
<option value="PY">Paraguay</option>
<option value="PE">Peru</option>
<option value="SR">Suriname</option>
<option value="UY">Uruguay</option>
<option value="VE">Venezuela</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='40' label="Asia" class="asia">
<option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="AM">Armenia</option>
<option value="AZ">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="BH">Bahrain</option>
<option value="BD">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BT">Bhutan</option>
<option value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory</option>
<option value="BN">Brunei Darussalam</option>
<option value="KH">Cambodia</option>
<option value="CN">China</option>
<option value="CX">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="CC">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option>
<option value="GE">Georgia</option>
<option value="HK">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="IN">India</option>
<option value="ID">Indonesia</option>
<option value="IR">Iran</option>
<option value="IQ">Iraq</option>
<option value="IL">Israel</option>
<option value="JP">Japan</option>
<option value="JO">Jordan</option>
<option value="KZ">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="KP">Korea, Democratic People's Republic of</option>
<option value="KR">Korea, Republic of</option>
<option value="KW">Kuwait</option>
<option value="KG">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="LA">Lao</option>
<option value="LB">Lebanon</option>
<option value="MY">Malaysia</option>
<option value="MV">Maldives</option>
<option value="MN">Mongolia</option>
<option value="MM">Myanmar (Burma)</option>
<option value="NP">Nepal</option>
<option value="OM">Oman</option>
<option value="PK">Pakistan</option>
<option value="PH">Philippines</option>
<option value="QA">Qatar</option>
<option value="RU">Russian Federation</option>
<option value="SA">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="SG">Singapore</option>
<option value="LK">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="SY">Syria</option>
<option value="TW">Taiwan</option>
<option value="TJ">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="TH">Thailand</option>
<option value="TP">East Timor</option>
<option value="TM">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="UZ">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="VN">Vietnam</option>
<option value="YE">Yemen</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='10' label="Rest Of The World" class="rotws">
<option value="GB">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="AQ">Antarctica</option>
<option value="AL">Albania</option>
<option value="AD">Andorra</option>
<option value="AT">Austria</option>
<option value="BY">Belarus</option>
<option value="BE">Belgium</option>
<option value="BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
<option value="BG">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="HR">Croatia (Hrvatska)</option>
<option value="CY">Cyprus</option>
<option value="CZ">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="FR">France</option>
<option value="GI">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="DE">Germany</option>
<option value="GR">Greece</option>
<option value="VA">Holy See (Vatican City State)</option>
<option value="HU">Hungary</option>
<option value="IT">Italy</option>
<option value="LI">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="LU">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="MK">Macedonia</option>
<option value="MT">Malta</option>
<option value="MD">Moldova</option>
<option value="MC">Monaco</option>
<option value="ME">Montenegro</option>
<option value="NL">Netherlands</option>
<option value="PL">Poland</option>
<option value="PT">Portugal</option>
<option value="RO">Romania</option>
<option value="SM">San Marino</option>
<option value="RS">Serbia</option>
<option value="SK">Slovakia</option>
<option value="SI">Slovenia</option>
<option value="ES">Spain</option>
<option value="UA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="DK">Denmark</option>
<option value="EE">Estonia</option>
<option value="FO">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="FI">Finland</option>
<option value="GL">Greenland</option>
<option value="IS">Iceland</option>
<option value="IE">Ireland</option>
<option value="LV">Latvia</option>
<option value="LT">Lithuania</option>
<option value="NO">Norway</option>
<option value="SJ">Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands</option>
<option value="SE">Sweden</option>
<option value="CH">Switzerland</option>
<option value="TR">Turkey</option>
<option value="AS">American Samoa</option>
<option value="AU">Australia</option>
<option value="CK">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="FJ">Fiji</option>
<option value="PF">French Polynesia (Tahiti)</option>
<option value="GU">Guam</option>
<option value="KB">Kiribati</option>
<option value="MH">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="FM">Micronesia, Federated States of</option>
<option value="NR">Nauru</option>
<option value="NC">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="NZ">New Zealand</option>
<option value="NU">Niue</option>
<option value="MP">Northern Mariana Islands</option>
<option value="PW">Palau</option>
<option value="PG">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="PN">Pitcairn</option>
<option value="WS">Samoa</option>
<option value="SB">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="TK">Tokelau</option>
<option value="TO">Tonga</option>
<option value="TV">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="VU">Vanuatu</option>
<option valud="WF">Wallis and Futuna Islands</option>
</optgroup>
</select><br><br>
<label for="subjects"></label>
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name ="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<button type="submit">submit</button>
</form>
<div>
<p></p>
<p id="scholar_grade"></p>
</div>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

To find the associated optgroup and points value for a given country, you need to access the option selected
let opt = countrySelect.options[countrySelect.selectedIndex]
let optgrp = opt.closest('optgroup');
let continent = optgrp.label
let points = optgrp.dataset.points
let country = countrySelect.value
let countryname = opt.innerText
console.log(`You selected the country ${countryname} (value ${country}) that is in ${continent} for ${points} points`);
var scholarshipGrade = document.getElementById("scholar_grade")
var form = document.getElementById("form")
var age = document.getElementById("age")
var fname = document.getElementById("fname")
var mname = document.getElementById("mname")
var lname = document.getElementById("name")
let countrySelect = document.querySelector('#select-country')
var ageGrade = 0
var countryGrade = 0
var subjectGrade = 0;
scholarshipGrade = ageGrade + countryGrade + subjectGrade
form.addEventListener('submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault()
// country stuff
let opt = countrySelect.options[countrySelect.selectedIndex]
let optgrp = opt.closest('optgroup');
let continent = optgrp.label
let points = optgrp.dataset.points
let country = countrySelect.value
let countryname = opt.innerText
console.log(`You selected the country ${countryname} (value ${country}) that is in ${continent} for ${points} points`);
// age stuff
if (age.value >= 18 && age.value <= 24) {
ageGrade = 100
} else if (age.value >= 25 && age.value <= 30) {
ageGrade = 80
} else if (age.value >= 31 && age.value <= 35) {
ageGrade = 50
} else if (age.value >= 36 && age.value <= 40) {
ageGrade = 30
} else if (age.value >= 41) {
ageGrade = 10
}
})
body {
background-color: gray;
}
h1 {
text-align: center;
}
p {
text-align: center;
}
input[type=text],
select,
textarea,
input[type=email] {
width: 100%;
padding: 15px;
margin: 5px 0 22px 0;
display: inline-block;
border: none;
background: #f1f1f1;
}
<h1>Apply For Scholarship</h1>
<div>
<p>You can apply for a scholarship here, check if you qualify after filling the following fields,after all fields are filled submit the form</p>
</div>
<form id="form" name="form">
<label> Firstname </label>
<input type="text" name="firstname" id="fname" /> <br> <br>
<label> Middlename: </label>
<input type="text" name="middlename" id="mname" /> <br> <br>
<label> Lastname: </label>
<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lname" /> <br> <br>
<br>
<label>
Gender :
</label>
<input type="radio" name="male" /> Male
<input type="radio" name="female" /> Female
<br>
<br>
<label>Enter your age: </label>
<input type="number" id="age" name="num" min="18" max="60"><br> <br>
<label>
Phone :
</label>
<input type="text" name="phone" /> <br> <br> Address
<br>
<textarea cols="80" rows="5" value="address">
</textarea>
<br> <br> Email:
<input type="email" id="email" name="email" /> <br>
<br> <br>
<label for="country">select your country</label> <br>
<select id="select-country" name="country">
<option value="" selected="">Select country</option>
<optgroup data-points='30' label="Africa" id="africa">
<option value="DZ">Algeria</option>
<option value="AO">Angola</option>
<option value="BJ">Benin</option>
<option value="BW">Botswana</option>
<option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="BI">Burundi</option>
<option value="CM">Cameroon</option>
<option value="CV">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="CF">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="TD">Chad</option>
<option value="KM">Comoros</option>
<option value="CG">Congo</option>
<option value="CD">Congo, the Democratic Republic of the</option>
<option value="DJ">Dijibouti</option>
<option value="EG">Egypt</option>
<option value="GQ">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="ER">Eritrea</option>
<option value="ET">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="GA">Gabon</option>
<option value="GM">Gambia</option>
<option value="GH">Ghana</option>
<option value="GN">Guinea</option>
<option value="GW">Guinea-Bissau</option>
<option value="CI">Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</option>
<option value="KE">Kenya</option>
<option value="LS">Lesotho</option>
<option value="LR">Liberia</option>
<option value="LY">Libya</option>
<option value="MG">Madagascar</option>
<option value="MW">Malawi</option>
<option value="ML">Mali</option>
<option value="MR">Mauritania</option>
<option value="MU">Mauritius</option>
<option value="YT">Mayotte</option>
<option value="MA">Morocco</option>
<option value="MZ">Mozambique</option>
<option value="NA">Namibia</option>
<option value="NE">Niger</option>
<option value="NG">Nigeria</option>
<option value="RE">Reunion</option>
<option value="RW">Rwanda</option>
<option value="ST">Sao Tome and Principe</option>
<option value="SH">Saint Helena</option>
<option value="SN">Senegal</option>
<option value="SC">Seychelles</option>
<option value="SL">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="SO">Somalia</option>
<option value="ZA">South Africa</option>
<option value="SS">South Sudan</option>
<option value="SD">Sudan</option>
<option value="SZ">Swaziland</option>
<option value="TZ">Tanzania</option>
<option value="TG">Togo</option>
<option value="TN">Tunisia</option>
<option value="UG">Uganda</option>
<option value="EH">Western Sahara</option>
<option value="ZM">Zambia</option>
<option value="ZW">Zimbabwe</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='20' label="North America" class="namerica">
<option value="US">United States</option>
<option value="UM">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="MX">Mexico</option>
<option value="AI">Anguilla</option>
<option value="AG">Antigua and Barbuda</option>
<option value="AW">Aruba</option>
<option value="BS">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BB">Barbados</option>
<option value="BZ">Belize</option>
<option value="BM">Bermuda</option>
<option value="VG">British Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="KY">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="CR">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="CU">Cuba</option>
<option value="DM">Dominica</option>
<option value="DO">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="SV">El Salvador</option>
<option value="GD">Grenada</option>
<option value="GP">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="GT">Guatemala</option>
<option value="HT">Haiti</option>
<option value="HN">Honduras</option>
<option value="JM">Jamaica</option>
<option value="MQ">Martinique</option>
<option value="MS">Montserrat</option>
<option value="AN">Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option value="NI">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="PA">Panama</option>
<option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="KN">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option>
<option value="LC">Saint Lucia</option>
<option value="VC">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
<option value="TT">Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option value="TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</option>
<option value="VI">US Virgin Islands</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='30' label="South America" class="samerica">
<option value="AR">Argentina</option>
<option value="BO">Bolivia</option>
<option value="BR">Brazil</option>
<option value="CL">Chile</option>
<option value="CO">Colombia</option>
<option value="EC">Ecuador</option>
<option value="FK">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option>
<option value="GF">French Guiana</option>
<option value="GY">Guyana</option>
<option value="PY">Paraguay</option>
<option value="PE">Peru</option>
<option value="SR">Suriname</option>
<option value="UY">Uruguay</option>
<option value="VE">Venezuela</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='40' label="Asia" class="asia">
<option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="AM">Armenia</option>
<option value="AZ">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="BH">Bahrain</option>
<option value="BD">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BT">Bhutan</option>
<option value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory</option>
<option value="BN">Brunei Darussalam</option>
<option value="KH">Cambodia</option>
<option value="CN">China</option>
<option value="CX">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="CC">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option>
<option value="GE">Georgia</option>
<option value="HK">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="IN">India</option>
<option value="ID">Indonesia</option>
<option value="IR">Iran</option>
<option value="IQ">Iraq</option>
<option value="IL">Israel</option>
<option value="JP">Japan</option>
<option value="JO">Jordan</option>
<option value="KZ">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="KP">Korea, Democratic People's Republic of</option>
<option value="KR">Korea, Republic of</option>
<option value="KW">Kuwait</option>
<option value="KG">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="LA">Lao</option>
<option value="LB">Lebanon</option>
<option value="MY">Malaysia</option>
<option value="MV">Maldives</option>
<option value="MN">Mongolia</option>
<option value="MM">Myanmar (Burma)</option>
<option value="NP">Nepal</option>
<option value="OM">Oman</option>
<option value="PK">Pakistan</option>
<option value="PH">Philippines</option>
<option value="QA">Qatar</option>
<option value="RU">Russian Federation</option>
<option value="SA">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="SG">Singapore</option>
<option value="LK">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="SY">Syria</option>
<option value="TW">Taiwan</option>
<option value="TJ">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="TH">Thailand</option>
<option value="TP">East Timor</option>
<option value="TM">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="UZ">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="VN">Vietnam</option>
<option value="YE">Yemen</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup data-points='10' label="Rest Of The World" class="rotws">
<option value="GB">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="AQ">Antarctica</option>
<option value="AL">Albania</option>
<option value="AD">Andorra</option>
<option value="AT">Austria</option>
<option value="BY">Belarus</option>
<option value="BE">Belgium</option>
<option value="BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
<option value="BG">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="HR">Croatia (Hrvatska)</option>
<option value="CY">Cyprus</option>
<option value="CZ">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="FR">France</option>
<option value="GI">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="DE">Germany</option>
<option value="GR">Greece</option>
<option value="VA">Holy See (Vatican City State)</option>
<option value="HU">Hungary</option>
<option value="IT">Italy</option>
<option value="LI">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="LU">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="MK">Macedonia</option>
<option value="MT">Malta</option>
<option value="MD">Moldova</option>
<option value="MC">Monaco</option>
<option value="ME">Montenegro</option>
<option value="NL">Netherlands</option>
<option value="PL">Poland</option>
<option value="PT">Portugal</option>
<option value="RO">Romania</option>
<option value="SM">San Marino</option>
<option value="RS">Serbia</option>
<option value="SK">Slovakia</option>
<option value="SI">Slovenia</option>
<option value="ES">Spain</option>
<option value="UA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="DK">Denmark</option>
<option value="EE">Estonia</option>
<option value="FO">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="FI">Finland</option>
<option value="GL">Greenland</option>
<option value="IS">Iceland</option>
<option value="IE">Ireland</option>
<option value="LV">Latvia</option>
<option value="LT">Lithuania</option>
<option value="NO">Norway</option>
<option value="SJ">Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands</option>
<option value="SE">Sweden</option>
<option value="CH">Switzerland</option>
<option value="TR">Turkey</option>
<option value="AS">American Samoa</option>
<option value="AU">Australia</option>
<option value="CK">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="FJ">Fiji</option>
<option value="PF">French Polynesia (Tahiti)</option>
<option value="GU">Guam</option>
<option value="KB">Kiribati</option>
<option value="MH">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="FM">Micronesia, Federated States of</option>
<option value="NR">Nauru</option>
<option value="NC">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="NZ">New Zealand</option>
<option value="NU">Niue</option>
<option value="MP">Northern Mariana Islands</option>
<option value="PW">Palau</option>
<option value="PG">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="PN">Pitcairn</option>
<option value="WS">Samoa</option>
<option value="SB">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="TK">Tokelau</option>
<option value="TO">Tonga</option>
<option value="TV">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="VU">Vanuatu</option>
<option valud="WF">Wallis and Futuna Islands</option>
</optgroup>
</select><br><br>
<label for="subjects"></label>
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<select name="subjects" id="subjects" filter="filter-std">
<option value="" selected="">Select subjects</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
<option value="Maths">Maths</option>
</select>
<input type="number" name="score" id="score">
<button type="submit">submit</button>
</form>
<div>
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Prevent refresh when submitting form by POST

I'm trying to embed the following form on a page, and when people press submit, the form submits via POST and then the page scrolls down to the next slide.
However the CMS which the form is based on forces a redirect when the form is submitted, which obviously takes the user away from my page.
How can I prevent the form from redirecting? I assume I would have to prevent the submit via e.preventDefault(); and then manually write some javascript to post the form, but confused as to how to do that. So far all my attempts have just stopped the form from submitting altogether.
<form name="signup" class="bsd-signup-135" action="https://***" method="post" id="signup">
<div class="fieldset" id="bsd-field-country">
<div class="label"><label class="field">Country</label></div>
<div class="input">
<select id="country" name="country">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="AL">Albania</option>
<option value="DZ">Algeria</option>
<option value="AS">American Samoa</option>
<option value="AD">Andorra</option>
<option value="AO">Angola</option>
<option value="AI">Anguilla</option>
<option value="AG">Antigua and Barbuda</option>
<option value="AR">Argentina</option>
<option value="AM">Armenia</option>
<option value="AW">Aruba</option>
<option value="AU">Australia</option>
<option value="AT">Austria</option>
<option value="AZ">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="BS">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BH">Bahrain</option>
<option value="BD">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BB">Barbados</option>
<option value="BY">Belarus</option>
<option value="BE">Belgium</option>
<option value="BZ">Belize</option>
<option value="BJ">Benin</option>
<option value="BM">Bermuda</option>
<option value="BT">Bhutan</option>
<option value="BO">Bolivia</option>
<option value="BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
<option value="BW">Botswana</option>
<option value="BR">Brazil</option>
<option value="VG">British Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory</option>
<option value="BN">Brunei</option>
<option value="BG">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="BI">Burundi</option>
<option value="KH">Cambodia</option>
<option value="CM">Cameroon</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="CV">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="KY">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="CF">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="TD">Chad</option>
<option value="CL">Chile</option>
<option value="CN">China</option>
<option value="CX">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="CO">Colombia</option>
<option value="KM">Comoros Islands</option>
<option value="CD">Congo, Democratic Republic of the</option>
<option value="CG">Congo, Republic of the</option>
<option value="CK">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="CR">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="CI">Cote D'ivoire</option>
<option value="HR">Croatia</option>
<option value="CU">Cuba</option>
<option value="CY">Cyprus</option>
<option value="CZ">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="DK">Denmark</option>
<option value="DJ">Djibouti</option>
<option value="DM">Dominica</option>
<option value="DO">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="TP">East Timor</option>
<option value="EC">Ecuador</option>
<option value="EG">Egypt</option>
<option value="SV">El Salvador</option>
<option value="GQ">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="ER">Eritrea</option>
<option value="EE">Estonia</option>
<option value="ET">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="FK">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option>
<option value="FO">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="FJ">Fiji</option>
<option value="FI">Finland</option>
<option value="FR">France</option>
<option value="GF">French Guiana</option>
<option value="PF">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="TF">French Southern Territories</option>
<option value="GA">Gabon</option>
<option value="GM">Gambia</option>
<option value="GE">Georgia</option>
<option value="DE">Germany</option>
<option value="GH">Ghana</option>
<option value="GI">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="GR">Greece</option>
<option value="GL">Greenland</option>
<option value="GD">Grenada</option>
<option value="GP">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="GU">Guam</option>
<option value="GT">Guatemala</option>
<option value="GN">Guinea</option>
<option value="GW">Guinea-Bissau</option>
<option value="GY">Guyana</option>
<option value="HT">Haiti</option>
<option value="VA">Holy See (Vatican City State)</option>
<option value="HN">Honduras</option>
<option value="HK">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="HU">Hungary</option>
<option value="IS">Iceland</option>
<option value="IN">India</option>
<option value="ID">Indonesia</option>
<option value="IR">Iran</option>
<option value="IQ">Iraq</option>
<option value="IE">Republic of Ireland</option>
<option value="IL">Israel</option>
<option value="IT">Italy</option>
<option value="JM">Jamaica</option>
<option value="JP">Japan</option>
<option value="JO">Jordan</option>
<option value="KZ">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="KE">Kenya</option>
<option value="KI">Kiribati</option>
<option value="KR">South Korea</option>
<option value="XK">Kosovo</option>
<option value="KW">Kuwait</option>
<option value="KG">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="LA">Laos</option>
<option value="LV">Latvia</option>
<option value="LB">Lebanon</option>
<option value="LS">Lesotho</option>
<option value="LR">Liberia</option>
<option value="LY">Libya</option>
<option value="LI">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="LT">Lithuania</option>
<option value="LU">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="MO">Macau</option>
<option value="MK">Macedonia</option>
<option value="MG">Madagascar</option>
<option value="MW">Malawi</option>
<option value="MY">Malaysia</option>
<option value="MV">Maldives</option>
<option value="ML">Mali</option>
<option value="MT">Malta</option>
<option value="MH">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="MQ">Martinique</option>
<option value="MR">Mauritania</option>
<option value="MU">Mauritius</option>
<option value="YT">Mayotte</option>
<option value="MX">Mexico</option>
<option value="FM">Micronesia</option>
<option value="MD">Moldova, Republic of</option>
<option value="MC">Monaco</option>
<option value="MN">Mongolia</option>
<option value="ME">Montenegro</option>
<option value="MS">Montserrat</option>
<option value="MA">Morocco</option>
<option value="MZ">Mozambique</option>
<option value="MM">Myanmar</option>
<option value="NA">Namibia</option>
<option value="NR">Nauru</option>
<option value="NP">Nepal</option>
<option value="NL">Netherlands</option>
<option value="AN">Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option value="NC">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="NZ">New Zealand</option>
<option value="NI">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="NE">Niger</option>
<option value="NG">Nigeria</option>
<option value="NU">Niue</option>
<option value="NF">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="MP">Northern Mariana Islands</option>
<option value="NO">Norway</option>
<option value="OM">Oman</option>
<option value="PK">Pakistan</option>
<option value="PW">Palau</option>
<option value="PA">Panama</option>
<option value="PG">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="PY">Paraguay</option>
<option value="PE">Peru</option>
<option value="PH">Philippines</option>
<option value="PN">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="PL">Poland</option>
<option value="PT">Portugal</option>
<option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="QA">Qatar</option>
<option value="RE">Reunion</option>
<option value="RO">Romania</option>
<option value="RU">Russian Federation</option>
<option value="RW">Rwanda</option>
<option value="KN">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option>
<option value="LC">Saint Lucia</option>
<option value="VC">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
<option value="WS">Samoa</option>
<option value="SM">San Marino</option>
<option value="ST">Sao Tome and Principe</option>
<option value="SA">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="SN">Senegal</option>
<option value="RS">Serbia</option>
<option value="SC">Seychelles</option>
<option value="SL">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="SG">Singapore</option>
<option value="SK">Slovakia</option>
<option value="SI">Slovenia</option>
<option value="SB">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="SO">Somalia</option>
<option value="ZA">South Africa</option>
<option value="SS">South Sudan</option>
<option value="ES">Spain</option>
<option value="LK">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="SH">St. Helena</option>
<option value="PM">St. Pierre and Miquelon</option>
<option value="SD">Sudan</option>
<option value="SR">Suriname</option>
<option value="SY">Syria</option>
<option value="SZ">Swaziland</option>
<option value="SE">Sweden</option>
<option value="CH">Switzerland</option>
<option value="TW">Taiwan</option>
<option value="TJ">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="TZ">Tanzania</option>
<option value="TH">Thailand</option>
<option value="TG">Togo</option>
<option value="TK">Tokelau</option>
<option value="TO">Tonga</option>
<option value="TT">Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option value="TN">Tunisia</option>
<option value="TR">Turkey</option>
<option value="TM">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</option>
<option value="TV">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="UG">Uganda</option>
<option value="UA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="GB" selected="selected">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="US">United States</option>
<option value="UY">Uruguay</option>
<option value="UZ">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="VU">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="VE">Venezuela</option>
<option value="VN">Viet Nam</option>
<option value="VI">Virgin Islands (U.S.)</option>
<option value="WF">Wallis and Futuna Islands</option>
<option value="EH">Western Sahara</option>
<option value="YE">Yemen</option>
<option value="ZM">Zambia</option>
<option value="ZW">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="fieldset" id="bsd-field-email">
<div class="label"><label class="field">Email</label></div>
<div class="input"><input type="email" class="text" size="48" id="email" name="email"></div>
</div>
<div class="fieldset" id="bsd-field-firstname">
<div class="label"><label class="field">First Name</label></div>
<div class="input"><input size="16" id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text"></div>
</div>
<div class="fieldset" id="bsd-field-lastname">
<div class="label"><label class="field">Last Name</label></div>
<div class="input"><input size="25" id="lastname" name="lastname" type="text"></div>
</div>
<div class="fieldset" id="bsd-field-custom-1963-group">
<div class="label"><label class="field">Radio buttons:</label></div>
<div class="input"> <input id="custom-1963_0" class="custom-1963" name="custom-1963" value="1" type="radio"><label for="custom-1963_0">Option 1</label> <input id="custom-1963_1" class="custom-1963" name="custom-1963" value="2" type="radio"><label for="custom-1963_1">Option 2</label> <input id="custom-1963_2" class="custom-1963" name="custom-1963" value="3" type="radio"><label for="custom-1963_2">Option 3</label> </div>
</div>
<div class="fieldset" id="bsd-field-email_opt_in">
<div class="label"><label class="field"></label></div>
<div class="input"><input id="email_opt_in" name="email_opt_in" type="checkbox" value="1"><label for="email_opt_in">Would you like to receive updates about our news, campaigns and appeals by email?</label></div>
</div>
<div class="fieldset" id="bsd-field-submit-btn">
<div class="label"><label class="field"></label></div>
<div class="input"><input name="submit-btn" value="Sign the petition" type="submit" id="submit_button"></div>
</div>
</form>
I got this far with the javascript, but was unsure of how to post whether a field is checked or not, or how to post radios (especially radios with a hyphen in their name/ID, which I cannot change due to CMS.
$("#signup").submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var $form = $(this),
url = $form.attr("action");
var posting = $.post(url, {
country: $("#country").val(),
email: $("#email").val(),
firstname: $("#firstname").val(),
lastname: $("#lastname").val()
});
posting.done(function(data) {
alert("Success!");
});
});

How do I grab the option text from a value

So I have this snippet of HTML:
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="form-group">
<select id="billcountry" class="form-control" name="bill_country" onchange="alert(this.value); console.log(this);" tabindex="16">
<option value="USA">United States</option>
<option value="CAN">Canada</option>
<option value="AFGH">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="ALBA">Albania</option>
<option value="ALGE">Algeria</option>
<option value="ANGO">Angola</option>
<option value="ANGU">Anguilla</option>
<option value="ANTA">Antartica</option>
<option value="ANTI">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="ARGE">Argentina</option>
<option value="ARME">Armenia</option>
<option value="ARUB">Aruba</option>
<option value="AUST">Austria</option>
<option value="AUS">Australia</option>
<option value="AZER">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="BAHA">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BAHR">Bahrain</option>
<option value="BANG">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BARB">Barbados</option>
<option value="BELA">Belarus</option>
<option value="BELG">Belgium</option>
<option value="BELI">Belize</option>
<option value="BENI">Benin</option>
<option value="BERM">Bermuda</option>
<option value="BHUT">Bhutan</option>
<option value="BOLI">Bolivia</option>
<option value="BORN">Borneo</option>
<option value="BOSN">Bosnia</option>
<option value="BOTS">Botswana</option>
<option value="BRAZ">Brazil</option>
<option value="BRIO">British Indian Ocean Territories</option>
<option value="BRVI">British Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="BRUN">Brunei</option>
<option value="BULG">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="BURK">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="BURU">Burundi</option>
<option value="CAMB">Cambodia</option>
<option value="CAME">Cameroon</option>
<option value="CAPV">Cape Verde Island</option>
<option value="CAYM">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="CAFR">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="CHAD">Chad</option>
<option value="CHIL">Chile</option>
<option value="CHIN">China</option>
<option value="COLO">Colombia</option>
<option value="COMO">Comoros</option>
<option value="CONG">Congo</option>
<option value="COST">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="IVOR">Cote D'ivoire</option>
<option value="CROA">Croatia</option>
<option value="CUBA">Cuba</option>
<option value="CYPR">Cyprus</option>
<option value="CZEC">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="DENM">Denmark</option>
<option value="DJIB">Djibouti</option>
<option value="DOMI">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="ECUA">Ecuador</option>
<option value="EGYP">Egypt</option>
<option value="ELSA">El Salvador</option>
<option value="ENGL">England</option>
<option value="EQGU">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="ERIT">Eritrea</option>
<option value="ESTO">Estonia</option>
<option value="ETHI">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="FALK">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="FARO">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="FIJI">Fiji</option>
<option value="FINL">Finland</option>
<option value="FRAN">France</option>
<option value="FRGU">French Guiana</option>
<option value="POLY">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="FRST">French So Territories</option>
<option value="GABO">Gabon</option>
<option value="GAMB">Gambia</option>
<option value="GEOR">Georgia</option>
<option value="GERM">Germany</option>
<option value="GHAN">Ghana</option>
<option value="GIBR">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="GREC">Greece</option>
<option value="GREE">Greenland</option>
<option value="GREN">Grenada</option>
<option value="GUAD">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="GUAT">Guatemala</option>
<option value="GUIB">Guinea-bissau</option>
<option value="GUYA">Guyana</option>
<option value="HAIT">Haiti</option>
<option value="HOND">Honduras</option>
<option value="HONG">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="HUNG">Hungary</option>
<option value="ICEL">Iceland</option>
<option value="INDI">India</option>
<option value="INDO">Indonesia</option>
<option value="IRAN">Iran</option>
<option value="IRAQ">Iraq</option>
<option value="IREL">Ireland</option>
<option value="ISRA">Israel</option>
<option value="ITAL">Italy</option>
<option value="JAMA">Jamaica</option>
<option value="JAPA">Japan</option>
<option value="JORD">Jordan</option>
<option value="KAZA">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="KENY">Kenya</option>
<option value="KUWA">Kuwait</option>
<option value="KYRG">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="LAOS">Laos</option>
<option value="LATV">Latvia</option>
<option value="LEBA">Lebanon</option>
<option value="LESO">Lesotho</option>
<option value="LIBE">Liberia</option>
<option value="LIBY">Libya</option>
<option value="LIEC">Liechtenstien</option>
<option value="LITH">Lithuania</option>
<option value="LUXE">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="MACA">Macau</option>
<option value="MACE">Macedonia</option>
<option value="MADA">Madagascar</option>
<option value="MALW">Malawi</option>
<option value="MALA">Malaysia</option>
<option value="MALD">Maldives</option>
<option value="MALI">Mali</option>
<option value="MALT">Malta</option>
<option value="MART">Martinique</option>
<option value="MAUA">Mauritania</option>
<option value="MAUS">Mauritius</option>
<option value="MAYO">Mayotte</option>
<option value="MEXI">Mexico</option>
<option value="MOLD">Moldova</option>
<option value="MONA">Monaco</option>
<option value="MONG">Mongolia</option>
<option value="MONT">Montserrat</option>
<option value="MORO">Morocco</option>
<option value="MOZA">Mozambique</option>
<option value="MYAN">Myanmar</option>
<option value="NIRE">N Ireland</option>
<option value="NAMI">Namibia</option>
<option value="NEPA">Nepal</option>
<option value="NETH">Netherlands</option>
<option value="NANT">Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option value="NCAL">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="NGUI">New Guinea</option>
<option value="NZEA">New Zealand</option>
<option value="NICA">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="NIGE">Niger</option>
<option value="NIGA">Nigeria</option>
<option value="NKOR">North Korea</option>
<option value="NORW">Norway</option>
<option value="OMAN">Oman</option>
<option value="PAKI">Pakistan</option>
<option value="PANA">Panama</option>
<option value="PAPU">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="PARA">Paraguay</option>
<option value="PERU">Peru</option>
<option value="PHIL">Philippines</option>
<option value="POLA">Poland</option>
<option value="PORT">Portugal</option>
<option value="ANDO">Principality Of Andorra</option>
<option value="QATA">Qatar</option>
<option value="ROMA">Romania</option>
<option value="RUSS">Russia</option>
<option value="RWAN">Rwanda</option>
<option value="SGEO">S Georgia & S Sandwich Isls</option>
<option value="SOMO">Samoa (western)</option>
<option value="SANM">San Marino</option>
<option value="SAOT">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="SAUD">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="SCOT">Scotland</option>
<option value="SENE">Senegal</option>
<option value="SEYC">Seychelles Island</option>
<option value="SIER">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="SING">Singapore</option>
<option value="SLVK">Slovakia</option>
<option value="SLVN">Slovenia</option>
<option value="SOLO">Solomon Island</option>
<option value="SOMA">Somalia</option>
<option value="SAFR">South Africa</option>
<option value="SKOR">South Korea</option>
<option value="SPAI">Spain</option>
<option value="SRIL">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="STHL">St Helena</option>
<option value="STKN">St Kitts & Nevis</option>
<option value="STLU">St Lucia</option>
<option value="STPM">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="STVG">St Vincent & The Grenadines</option>
<option value="SUDA">Sudan</option>
<option value="SURI">Suriname</option>
<option value="SWAZ">Swaziland</option>
<option value="SWED">Sweden</option>
<option value="SWIT">Switzerland</option>
<option value="SYRI">Syria</option>
<option value="TAIW">Taiwan</option>
<option value="TANZ">Tanzania</option>
<option value="THAI">Thailand</option>
<option value="TOGO">Togo</option>
<option value="TONG">Tonga</option>
<option value="TRIN">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="TUNI">Tunisia</option>
<option value="TURK">Turkey</option>
<option value="TURC">Turks & Caicos Islands</option>
<option value="UGAN">Uganda</option>
<option value="UKRA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="UAE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="URUG">Uruguay</option>
<option value="UZBE">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="VATI">Vatican</option>
<option value="VENE">Venezuela</option>
<option value="VIET">Vietnam</option>
<option value="WALE">Wales</option>
<option value="WFIS">Wallis & Futuna Islands</option>
<option value="SAHA">Western Sahara</option>
<option value="WSAM">Western Samoa</option>
<option value="YEME">Yemen</option>
<option value="YUGO">Yugoslavia</option>
<option value="ZAIR">Zaire</option>
<option value="ZAMB">Zambia</option>
<option value="ZIMB">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
And as you can see, when the value of the <select> changes, the new value is passed to an alert currently.
I have looked all over for a solution (without jQuery to grab the options text based solely off of the value.
So if the select were changed to value USA, I have attempted (and failed) at getting the words United States
Any thoughts on how to efficiently go about this without using jQuery or having to loop through each option and checking its value and then grabbing its innerHTML if it matches?
**EDIT: ** I am searching for the actual TEXT and not the VALUE. Why this isn't duplicate.

Avoid using JavaScript inside and element.
You can try this:
var select = document.getElementById('billcountry');
select.addEventListener('change', function () {
console.log(this.options[this.selectedIndex].text);
});

You can use this to get the text of the selected element:
this[this.selectedIndex].innerHTML
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="form-group">
<select id="billcountry" class="form-control" name="bill_country" onchange="alert(this[this.selectedIndex].innerHTML); console.log(this);" tabindex="16">
<option value="USA">United States</option>
<option value="CAN">Canada</option>
<option value="AFGH">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="ALBA">Albania</option>
<option value="ALGE">Algeria</option>
<option value="ANGO">Angola</option>
<option value="ANGU">Anguilla</option>
<option value="ANTA">Antartica</option>
<option value="ANTI">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="ARGE">Argentina</option>
<option value="ARME">Armenia</option>
<option value="ARUB">Aruba</option>
<option value="AUST">Austria</option>
<option value="AUS">Australia</option>
<option value="AZER">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="BAHA">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BAHR">Bahrain</option>
<option value="BANG">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BARB">Barbados</option>
<option value="BELA">Belarus</option>
<option value="BELG">Belgium</option>
<option value="BELI">Belize</option>
<option value="BENI">Benin</option>
<option value="BERM">Bermuda</option>
<option value="BHUT">Bhutan</option>
<option value="BOLI">Bolivia</option>
<option value="BORN">Borneo</option>
<option value="BOSN">Bosnia</option>
<option value="BOTS">Botswana</option>
<option value="BRAZ">Brazil</option>
<option value="BRIO">British Indian Ocean Territories</option>
<option value="BRVI">British Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="BRUN">Brunei</option>
<option value="BULG">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="BURK">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="BURU">Burundi</option>
<option value="CAMB">Cambodia</option>
<option value="CAME">Cameroon</option>
<option value="CAPV">Cape Verde Island</option>
<option value="CAYM">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="CAFR">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="CHAD">Chad</option>
<option value="CHIL">Chile</option>
<option value="CHIN">China</option>
<option value="COLO">Colombia</option>
<option value="COMO">Comoros</option>
<option value="CONG">Congo</option>
<option value="COST">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="IVOR">Cote D'ivoire</option>
<option value="CROA">Croatia</option>
<option value="CUBA">Cuba</option>
<option value="CYPR">Cyprus</option>
<option value="CZEC">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="DENM">Denmark</option>
<option value="DJIB">Djibouti</option>
<option value="DOMI">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="ECUA">Ecuador</option>
<option value="EGYP">Egypt</option>
<option value="ELSA">El Salvador</option>
<option value="ENGL">England</option>
<option value="EQGU">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="ERIT">Eritrea</option>
<option value="ESTO">Estonia</option>
<option value="ETHI">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="FALK">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="FARO">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="FIJI">Fiji</option>
<option value="FINL">Finland</option>
<option value="FRAN">France</option>
<option value="FRGU">French Guiana</option>
<option value="POLY">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="FRST">French So Territories</option>
<option value="GABO">Gabon</option>
<option value="GAMB">Gambia</option>
<option value="GEOR">Georgia</option>
<option value="GERM">Germany</option>
<option value="GHAN">Ghana</option>
<option value="GIBR">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="GREC">Greece</option>
<option value="GREE">Greenland</option>
<option value="GREN">Grenada</option>
<option value="GUAD">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="GUAT">Guatemala</option>
<option value="GUIB">Guinea-bissau</option>
<option value="GUYA">Guyana</option>
<option value="HAIT">Haiti</option>
<option value="HOND">Honduras</option>
<option value="HONG">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="HUNG">Hungary</option>
<option value="ICEL">Iceland</option>
<option value="INDI">India</option>
<option value="INDO">Indonesia</option>
<option value="IRAN">Iran</option>
<option value="IRAQ">Iraq</option>
<option value="IREL">Ireland</option>
<option value="ISRA">Israel</option>
<option value="ITAL">Italy</option>
<option value="JAMA">Jamaica</option>
<option value="JAPA">Japan</option>
<option value="JORD">Jordan</option>
<option value="KAZA">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="KENY">Kenya</option>
<option value="KUWA">Kuwait</option>
<option value="KYRG">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="LAOS">Laos</option>
<option value="LATV">Latvia</option>
<option value="LEBA">Lebanon</option>
<option value="LESO">Lesotho</option>
<option value="LIBE">Liberia</option>
<option value="LIBY">Libya</option>
<option value="LIEC">Liechtenstien</option>
<option value="LITH">Lithuania</option>
<option value="LUXE">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="MACA">Macau</option>
<option value="MACE">Macedonia</option>
<option value="MADA">Madagascar</option>
<option value="MALW">Malawi</option>
<option value="MALA">Malaysia</option>
<option value="MALD">Maldives</option>
<option value="MALI">Mali</option>
<option value="MALT">Malta</option>
<option value="MART">Martinique</option>
<option value="MAUA">Mauritania</option>
<option value="MAUS">Mauritius</option>
<option value="MAYO">Mayotte</option>
<option value="MEXI">Mexico</option>
<option value="MOLD">Moldova</option>
<option value="MONA">Monaco</option>
<option value="MONG">Mongolia</option>
<option value="MONT">Montserrat</option>
<option value="MORO">Morocco</option>
<option value="MOZA">Mozambique</option>
<option value="MYAN">Myanmar</option>
<option value="NIRE">N Ireland</option>
<option value="NAMI">Namibia</option>
<option value="NEPA">Nepal</option>
<option value="NETH">Netherlands</option>
<option value="NANT">Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option value="NCAL">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="NGUI">New Guinea</option>
<option value="NZEA">New Zealand</option>
<option value="NICA">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="NIGE">Niger</option>
<option value="NIGA">Nigeria</option>
<option value="NKOR">North Korea</option>
<option value="NORW">Norway</option>
<option value="OMAN">Oman</option>
<option value="PAKI">Pakistan</option>
<option value="PANA">Panama</option>
<option value="PAPU">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="PARA">Paraguay</option>
<option value="PERU">Peru</option>
<option value="PHIL">Philippines</option>
<option value="POLA">Poland</option>
<option value="PORT">Portugal</option>
<option value="ANDO">Principality Of Andorra</option>
<option value="QATA">Qatar</option>
<option value="ROMA">Romania</option>
<option value="RUSS">Russia</option>
<option value="RWAN">Rwanda</option>
<option value="SGEO">S Georgia & S Sandwich Isls</option>
<option value="SOMO">Samoa (western)</option>
<option value="SANM">San Marino</option>
<option value="SAOT">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="SAUD">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="SCOT">Scotland</option>
<option value="SENE">Senegal</option>
<option value="SEYC">Seychelles Island</option>
<option value="SIER">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="SING">Singapore</option>
<option value="SLVK">Slovakia</option>
<option value="SLVN">Slovenia</option>
<option value="SOLO">Solomon Island</option>
<option value="SOMA">Somalia</option>
<option value="SAFR">South Africa</option>
<option value="SKOR">South Korea</option>
<option value="SPAI">Spain</option>
<option value="SRIL">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="STHL">St Helena</option>
<option value="STKN">St Kitts & Nevis</option>
<option value="STLU">St Lucia</option>
<option value="STPM">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="STVG">St Vincent & The Grenadines</option>
<option value="SUDA">Sudan</option>
<option value="SURI">Suriname</option>
<option value="SWAZ">Swaziland</option>
<option value="SWED">Sweden</option>
<option value="SWIT">Switzerland</option>
<option value="SYRI">Syria</option>
<option value="TAIW">Taiwan</option>
<option value="TANZ">Tanzania</option>
<option value="THAI">Thailand</option>
<option value="TOGO">Togo</option>
<option value="TONG">Tonga</option>
<option value="TRIN">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="TUNI">Tunisia</option>
<option value="TURK">Turkey</option>
<option value="TURC">Turks & Caicos Islands</option>
<option value="UGAN">Uganda</option>
<option value="UKRA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="UAE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="URUG">Uruguay</option>
<option value="UZBE">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="VATI">Vatican</option>
<option value="VENE">Venezuela</option>
<option value="VIET">Vietnam</option>
<option value="WALE">Wales</option>
<option value="WFIS">Wallis & Futuna Islands</option>
<option value="SAHA">Western Sahara</option>
<option value="WSAM">Western Samoa</option>
<option value="YEME">Yemen</option>
<option value="YUGO">Yugoslavia</option>
<option value="ZAIR">Zaire</option>
<option value="ZAMB">Zambia</option>
<option value="ZIMB">Zimbabwe</option>
</select> </div>
</div>

You can use the following code to achieve that. this (the select) contains an attribute options with all the option elements. It also has the current selectedIndex.
<select id="billcountry" class="form-control" name="bill_country" onchange="alert(this.options[this.selectedIndex].text); console.log(this);" tabindex="16">
Jsfiddle

You could use the element.querySelector['value='] to grab the option element by value and then grab the innerHTML property.
According to MDN, element.querySelector() "returns the first element that is a descendant of the element on which it is invoked that matches the specified group of selectors." So it will have to search through each option element until it finds what it's looking for.
Here's an example:
HTML
<select name="color" id="color" onChange="handleChange.call(this)">
<option value="blue">Blue</option>
<option value="red">Red</option>
<option value="green">Green</option>
</select>
JS Change Function
function handleChange(){
console.log(document.querySelector("[value=" + this.value + "]").innerHTML);
}