Jquery get selected option text

1. How to get selected option text using jQuery?
2. How do I get selected text option?
3. How to get the value of select option in jQuery?

How to get selected option text using jQuery?

Or to get the text of the option, use text() : $var = jQuery("#dropdownid option:selected"). text(); alert ($var);

How do I get selected text option?

To get the text of the selected option, we first need to find the selected option using the find() method and then use the text() method to get the option text.

How to get the value of select option in jQuery?

jQuery select value lets you get the value of the selected option from the select boxes and dropdowns. jQuery offers two methods, val() and text()to achieve this. jQuery: selected selector is used in combination with the val() or text() method to find the value for the selected option in a select box or dropdown.