value of selected option 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 selected option jquery

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

Example 3: jquery get selected option value

var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value

Example 4: jquery get dropdown list selected value

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

Example 5: jquery select option by value

$('.selDiv option[value="SEL1"]')