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jQuery - get selected option value from dropdown select
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In this article, we would like to show you how to get the selected option value from dropdown select using jQuery.
Quick solution:
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var value = $('#my-dropdown-id option:selected').val();or:
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var value = $('#my-dropdown-id').find(":selected").val();
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<html>3
<head>4
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>5
</head>6
<body>7
<select id="my-dropdown-id">8
<option value="1">Blue</option>9
<option value="2" selected>Green</option>10
<option value="3">Red</option>11
<option value="4">Yellow</option>12
</select>13
<script>14
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$(document).ready(function() {16
var value1 = $('#my-dropdown-id option:selected').val();17
console.log("value1: " + value1);18
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var value2 = $('#my-dropdown-id').find(":selected").val();20
console.log("value2: " + value2);21
});22
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</script>24
</body>25
</html>