how to show selected value in dropdown in jquery code example

Example 1: how to fetch the selected value of dropdown jquery

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

Example 2: set dropdown in jquery

$('select[name^="salesrep"] option[value="Bruce Jones"]').attr("selected","selected");

Example 3: set dropdown in jquery

$('select[name^="salesrep"] option:selected').attr("selected",null);

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

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