jquery – get value and text from selected option
var $myDDL = $('#dropDownList');
var myValue = $('option:selected', $myDDL).val();
var myText = $('option:selected', $myDDL).text();
var $myDDL = $('#dropDownList');
var myValue = $('option:selected', $myDDL).val();
var myText = $('option:selected', $myDDL).text();