Jquery event when user makes selection in dropdown

Question

I have a drop down list. In Jquery what is the event I would use when the user makes a selection.

The id of the dropdown is drp1

I tried the following but di

Answer 1

Use jQuery change event handler.

$("#ddrp1").change(function(){
    //selection changed
    alert(this.value);//this will give the selected option's value
    alert($(this).find(':selected').text());//this will give the selected option's text
});

Alternative way to bind change event handler is.

$("#ddrp1").bind('change', function(){

});