Find name of selected option using jQuery

Question

I\'ve made a jquery/ajax function that updates #courses, sending #fos\'s .val() and .text(), specifically of the one that is selected, like so:

$(\'#selling #fos         


        

Answer 1

This should work:

$("#"+$(this).attr("id")+" :selected")

it's not pretty but it does the trick :)

or this will work:

$(this).find(":selected").text()