jQuery to retrieve and set selected option value of html select element

Question

I am attempting to retrieve and set the selected value of a select element (drop down list) with jQuery.

for retrievel i have tried $(\"#myId\").find(\':select

Answer 1

$( "#myId option:selected" ).text(); will give you the text that you selected in the drop down element. either way you can change it to .val(); to get the value of it . check the below coding

    Mr
    Mrs
    Ms`
    Dr
    Prof