jQuery toggleClass example
Toggle class name on click in jQuery
by dont_panic
HTML
<select id="variable1">
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="50">50</option>
</select>
<select id="variable2">
<option value="algo1">algo1</option>
<option value="algo2">algo2</option>
<option value="algo3">algo3</option>
</select>
JavaScript
// Master object to store all your variables
var variables = {};
$("#variable1, #variable2").change(function() {
var id = $(this).attr('id'),
val = $(this).val();
// Store results in your master object
variables[id]=val;
// See what it looks like
console.dir(variables);
// See what it looks like
alert('variable1 is ' + variables['variable1'] + ', variable2 is ' + variables['variable2']);
});