get selected option in 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 value of selected checkbox jquery

$('#checkbox_id:checked').val();
//if checkbox is selected than gets its value

Example 3: get option value jquery

<select id="state">
    <option value="state1" data-id="1">state1</option>
    <option value="state2" data-id="2">state2</option>
    <option value="state3" data-id="3">state3</option>
</select>

$('#state option[data-id="2"]').val();

//output state2

Example 4: jquery: get selected option of the drop down list

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