jquery find selected option in chosen dropdown code example

Example 1: how to fetch the selected value of dropdown jquery

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

Example 2: select option value jquery

$("select.country").change(function(){
  var selectedCountry = $(this).children("option:selected").val();
  alert("You have selected the country - " + selectedCountry);
});

Example 3: jquery: get selected option of the drop down list

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