SO - 19229403

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<input type="text" id="food" />

JavaScript

jQuery(function ($) {
    var jsonObject = [{
        "label": "mac and cheese",
            "servingSize": "1 cup",
            "calories": "500"
    }, {
        "label": "slice of pizza",
            "servingSize": "1 slice",
            "calories": "400"
    }, {
        "label": "oreo cookie",
            "servingSize": "1 cookie",
            "calories": "100"
    }, {
        "label": "salad",
            "servingSize": "1 cup",
            "calories": "50"
    }, {
        "label": "apple",
            "servingSize": "1 apple",
            "calories": "70"
    }];

    $('#food').autocomplete({
        source: jsonObject,
        select: function (event, ui) {
            selectedObj = ui.item;

            alert("selected object=" + selectedObj.value);
        },
        minLength: 1
    });
})