Get dropdown value selected using Jquery

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I have a drop-down which is auto-built by jQuery. It's running fine.

When the user selects a value from the drop-down I would like to know what the value is. Currently I'm using:

var employee= $('#emplist').find('option:selected').text();

but this seems to always return null.

Can someone tell me how to get the drop-down selected text to a variable.

My jQuery version is 1.4.1.

Selvakumar Arumugam · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 15:54:26Z

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Just use .val(). Try below,

var employee= $('#emplist').val();

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 15:54

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dsgriffin · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 15:55:05Z

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To get the currently selected text:

$('#emplist :selected').text();

Or value:

var value = $('#emplist').val()

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 15:55

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mdaguerre · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 15:55:31Z

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You can do

var employee= $('#emplist').find('option:selected').val();

Or the better way

var employee= $('#emplist').val();

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 15:55

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Sushanth -- · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 15:55:46Z

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Try this

var employee= $('#emplist').val()

      OR

var employee= $('#emplist').find('option:selected').val();

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 15:55

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