jQuery select2 get value of select tag?

Question

Hello friends this is my code:

<select id='first'>   <option value='1'> First  </option>   <option value='2'> Second </option>   <option value='3'> Three  </option> </select> 

This is my select2 code:

$("#first").select2(); 

Below is code for getting selected value.

$("#first").select2('val'); // It returns first,second,three. 

This is return a text like first,second,three and I want to get 1,2,3.
Means I need the value of select box, not text.

Answer 1

$("#first").val(); // this will give you value of selected element. i.e. 1,2,3. 

Answer 2

To get Select element you can use $('#first').val();

To get the text of selected value - $('#first :selected').text();

Can you please post your select2() function code