how to access select options in javascript code example

Example 1: javascript get selected option

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

Example 2: javascript get all select options

var options = document.getElementById('mySelectID').options;
for (let i = 0; i < options.length; i++) { 
  console.log(options[i].value);//log the value
}

Example 3: use js to get select value

// reference to 'scripts' select list 
// used throughout the examples below
var sel = document.getElementById('scripts');

// display value property of select list (from selected option)
console.log( sel.value );