Access custom select attribute value

Question

I have a select element that looks like this:

var select = <select class="form-control" id="state-dropdown" selected="Illinois"></select>

I need to be able to access the 'selected' value but I'm not sure how this is done. I've tried select.selected, select[selected], select:selected

Possible duplicate of [Get selected value in dropdown list using JavaScript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1085801/get-selected-value-in-dropdown-list-using-javascript) — Jonathan Dion, Apr 19 '17 at 16:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:48

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You can access any attributes on an element using element.attributes[attribute_key]

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:48

Joshua J Wilborn

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