get the dropdown selected value in jquery code example

Example 1: get value of selected checkbox jquery

$('#checkbox_id:checked').val();
//if checkbox is selected than gets its value

Example 2: how to fetch the selected value of dropdown jquery

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

Example 3: get option value jquery

<select id="state">
    <option value="state1" data-id="1">state1</option>
    <option value="state2" data-id="2">state2</option>
    <option value="state3" data-id="3">state3</option>
</select>

$('#state option[data-id="2"]').val();

//output state2

Example 4: jquery get dropdown selected value

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownListId" runat="server" CssClass="DropDownListClass"></asp:DropDownList>

var value1 = $("[id*=DropDownListId]").val();
var value2 = $(".DropDownListClass").val();