get selected option text jquery

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var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value$('#id').children(':selected').text();BY LOVE
$("#Id option:selected").text()$('#id option:selected').text()$("#id option:selected").text();I think this should be $("#yourdropdownid").children("option").filter(":selected").text() since is() returns a boolean of whether the object matches the selector or not.
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