jquery select element with text code example

Example 1: get text selected option jquery

$('#id option:selected').text()

Example 2: jquery selected option text

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

Example 3: jquery select option by text

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

Example 4: store the text from a form jquery

$('form').submit(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var input = $('#search').val();
    $('p').append(input);
});