Get the value of a dropdown in jQuery

Question

I have a drop down that has an \'ID, Name\' Pair.

Example

Jon Miller
Jim Smith
Jen Morsin

Jon MIller has ID of 101
Jim Smith has ID of 10

Answer 1

The best way is to use:

$("#yourid option:selected").text();

Depending on the requirement, you could also use this way:

var v = $("#yourid").val();
$("#yourid option[value="+v+"]").text()