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HTML

<div class="ui-widget">
    <label for="tags">Tags: </label>
    <input id="stateList">
</div>

JavaScript

var states = [
    "Andhra Pradesh",
    "Tamil Nadu",
    "Punjab",
    "Karnataka",
    "kerela",
    "Sikkim"
];


$( "#stateList" ).autocomplete({
    autoFocus:true,
    source: states
 
}).blur(function(event, ui){
   alert(ui.item);
});