get selected option 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: jqury get selected option

<select id="myselect">
    <option value="1">Mr</option>
    <option value="2">Mrs</option>
    <option value="3">Ms</option>
    <option value="4">Dr</option>
    <option value="5">Prof</option>
</select>

<script>
$( "#myselect option:selected" ).val();
</script>

Example 3: get text selected option jquery

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

Example 4: how to fetch the selected value of dropdown jquery

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$('#ddlName option:selected').val();

Example 5: jquery selected option text

$("#mySelect option:selected").html();

Example 6: get selected option jquery

$( "#myselect option:selected" ).text();