how to get selected option text 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 of selected option jquery

$('#id').children(':selected').text();

Example 3: jquery selected option text

$("#mySelect option:selected").html();

Example 4: jquery selected option text

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

Example 5: jquery select option by text

$("#myDropdown option:contains(Option 2)").attr('selected', 'selected');

Example 6: alert dropdown selected text

$(".qualificationStatus option:selected").text()

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