how to select dropdown value in jquery code example

Example 1: how to get the value of dropdown in jquery

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

Example 2: jquery selected option

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

Example 3: jquery get dropdown list selected value

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

Example 4: jquery select option by value

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

Example 5: jquery: get selected option of the drop down list

$('#ddlID').val();
$('#ddlID').text();