jQuery get the selected dropdown value on change

Question

I\'m trying to get the value of a dropdown on change (and then change the values in a second dropdown).

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies, i\'ve upda

Answer 1

You can also obtain custom attributes from the dropdown as below;

     $('.someclass').change (function () { 
              var val = this.value;
              alert(val);                                       //selected value

               var element = $(this).find('option:selected');  // assign selected element
               var myTag = element.attr("aTag");              // get attribute by name
               alert(myTag);
    });


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