get selected item dropdown jquery code example

Example 1: jquery get selected option value

var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value

Example 2: get text selected option jquery

$('#id option:selected').text()

Example 3: jquery: get selected option of the drop down list

$('#ddlID').val();
$('#ddlID').text();