Get selected text from dropdown using jQuery

Posted on July 2, 2013July 5, 2013 by admin

Question: How can I get an dropdownlist selected text in jQuery?

Answer:
you can use following JQuery syntax for this:

 var selected_value = $('#'+yourdropdownid).val();
 var display_text = $("#yourdropdownid [value='"+selected_value+"']").text();	

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