Getting selected text of a select listbox using JQuery when I already have the select object in hand

Question

Here is an easy one, a true newbie question:

I know that it's possible to get the text of the selection option like this

$('#selectBoxId option:selected').val(); 

But what if I already have the select object in my hand?

e.g.

var select = $('#selectBoxId');

What comes next? this is the right way?

select.find('option:selected').val();

Answer 1

Just select.val(); is enough. It will give you the selected value.

Working demo

If you want the selected option text then your need to do

select.find('option:selected').text();

Or

select.find('option:selected').html();