How to get Selected Text from select2 when using <input>

Question

I am using the select2 control, loading data via ajax. This requires the use of the tag.

Now, I want to retrieve the selecte

Answer 1

I finally figured it out doing this:

var $your-original-element = $('.your-original-element');
var data = $your-original-element.select2('data')[0]['text'];
alert(data);

if you also want the value:

var value = $your-original-element.select2('data')[0]['id'];
alert(value);