Get selected value of a dropdown's item using jQuery

Question

How can I get the selected value of a dropdown box using jQuery?
I tried using

var value = $(\'#dropDownId\').val();

and

Answer 1

Try this jQuery,

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

or this javascript,

 var selID=document.getElementById("ddlid");
 var text=selID.options[selID.selectedIndex].text;

If you need to access the value and not the text then try using val() method instead of text().

Check out the below fiddle links.

Demo1 | Demo2