how to get the value of the selected option select jquery code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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

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