Get selected item value from Bootstrap DropDown with specific ID

Design code using Bootstrap

<div class="dropdown-menu" id="demolist">
  <a class="dropdown-item" h ref="#">Cricket</a>
  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">UFC</a>
  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Football</a>
  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Basketball</a>
</div>
  • jquery Code

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  $(document).ready(function () {
    $('#demolist a').on('click', function () {
      var txt= ($(this).text());
      alert("Your Favourite Sports is "+txt);
    });
  });
</script>

$('#demolist li').on('click', function(){
    $('#datebox').val($(this).text());
});

http://jsfiddle.net/kcpma/18/