how to get value selected in dropdown 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 text in select jquery

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

Example 3: jquery get dropdown list selected value

$('#dropDownId').val();