[Resolved] I want to display the drop down field's value

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[John]

I have a Custom Post Type named States. The user selects a State by abbreviation from a drop down list. The State's full name gets stored as the value. For example, AL stores Alabama.
When processing a view that would contain this information, I want to display the custom field content, not the display text.
State's full name, not the abbreviated value.
For example, <h3>State: [types field='farm-state-select'][/types]</h3> gets me the State abbreviation. How do I get the value field?

Thank you.

[Juan Supporter Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)]

Hi John

Thanks for the feedback.

As our documentation states, there is an "output" shortcode attribute that you can use to get the raw, database value for a select field:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/#select

Hope it helps.

Regards.

[John]

Thank you. Some more practical examples might have made that process more obvious.
The button will insert the code [types field='farm-state-select' output='raw'] if one knows the purpose of the raw output. I thought it was just there to avoid HTML formatting.