jquery select value of selected option 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: jquery select option by value

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

Example 3: jquery select option by value

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