select value of dropdown using jquery 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: how to get the value of dropdown in jquery

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

Example 3: jquery selected option text

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