Why isn't this code working?

Question

https://code.sololearn.com/Wm6ofFTD5ibx/?ref=app

Answer 1

In Html, set
<form name="form" onsubmit="sel(event)">

In Javascript, set
function sel(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var sela = document.getElementById("pet");
var text = sela.options[sela.selectedIndex].text;
if(text !== '') {
window.location.href= `https://www.google.com/search?q=${text}`
}
}

Check out the solotion:
https://code.sololearn.com/W3Dh91C746TS/?ref=app

Answer 2

var sel = document.getElementById("pet");
var text = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].text;
if(text !== '') {
window.location.href= `https://www.google.com/search?q=${text}`
}

^That should do it. I'm not sure sololearn will allow you to redirect to third party websites though.

Answer 3

Thanks