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How do I get the text value of a selected option?
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How do I get the text value of a selected option?
Select elements typically have two values that you want to access. First there's the value to be sent to the server, which is easy:
$("#myselect").val();
// => 1
The second is the text value of the select. For example, using the following select box:
<select id="myselect">
<option value="1">Mr</option>
<option value="2">Mrs</option>
<option value="3">Ms</option>
<option value="4">Dr</option>
<option value="5">Prof</option>
</select>
If you wanted to get the string "Mr" if the first option was selected (instead of just "1"), you would do that in the following way:
$("#myselect option:selected").text();
// =>"Mr"
You can see this in action in the following demo:
and here's the full source code to the demo:
<select id="myselect">
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