Get selected value of a dropdown's item using jQuery

Question

How can I get the selected value of a dropdown box using jQuery?
I tried using

var value = $(\'#dropDownId\').val();

and

Answer 1

You can do this by using following code.

$('#dropDownId').val();

If you want to get the selected value from the select list`s options. This will do the trick.

$('#dropDownId option:selected').text();