How to get selected value from Dropdown list in JavaScript

Question

How can you get the selected value from drop down list using JavaScript? I have tried the following but it does not work.

var sel = document.getElementById(\         


        

Answer 1

Hope it's working for you

 function GetSelectedItem()
 {
     var index = document.getElementById(select1).selectedIndex;

     alert("value =" + document.getElementById(select1).value); // show selected value
     alert("text =" + document.getElementById(select1).options[index].text); // show selected text 
 }