get text from select option javascript code example

Example 1: how to get text from select tag in javascript

<select id="box1" onChange="myNewFunction(this);">
  <option value="98">dog</option>
  <option value="7122">cat</option>
  <option value="142">bird</option>
</select>
<script>
  function myNewFunction(sel) {
  alert(sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].text);
}
</script>

Example 2: get selected text of html dropdown in javascript

var e = document.getElementById("selectElementID");
var value=e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;// get selected option value
var text=e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;