get selected option text in knockout

Question

I am using knockoutjs to bind a select list. Here is a Sample , I want to get selected option text instead of selected value.

How to get it using knockoutjs ?

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Answer 1

The simplest way to do it is to remove the optionsValue binding. When you don't sepcify the optionsValue binding, the entire item will be the selected value.

    
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See fiddle