select option by text jquery code example

Example 1: jquery selected option text

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

Example 2: jquery select option by text

$("#myDropdown option:contains(Option 2)").attr('selected', 'selected');

Example 3: get selected option text jquery

I think this should be $("#yourdropdownid").children("option").filter(":selected").text() since is() returns a boolean of whether the object matches the selector or not.