How to retrieve lookup text value / id using Javascript in CRM 2011 OR How to get lookup text value / Id in CRM 2011

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 http://crmdm.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-retrieve-lookup-attribute-from.html  


Code Snippet:

var lookupObject = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("yourlookupattributename");

    if (lookupObject != null)

  {

        var lookUpObjectValue = lookupObject.getValue();

        if ((lookUpObjectValue != null))

        {

         var lookuptextvalue = lookUpObjectValue[0].name;

         var lookupid = lookUpObjectValue[0].id;

        }

  }