jquery select dropdown option by value 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: 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 select option by value

$('.id_100 option[value=val2]').attr('selected','selected');

Example 4: jquery selected option text

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

Example 5: jquery select option by value

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

Example 6: jquery get dropdown selected value

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

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