Get selected option from select element

Question

I am trying to get the selected option from a dropdown and populate another item with that text, as follows. IE is barking up a storm and it doesn\'t work in Firefox:

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Answer 1

Try this:

$('#ddlCodes').change(function() {
  var option = this.options[this.selectedIndex];
  $('#txtEntry2').text($(option).text());
});