Getting the selected option with jquery

Question

I have this;

<select id='list'>
    <option value='1'>First</option>
    <option value='2'>Second </option>
    <option value='3'>Third </option>
</select>

i want to specifically get the option selected and put it an a variable, then alert what's in the variable.
I tried

var value = $("#list option:selected").text();
alert(value);

but its not working :(
Ps: i need the selected value in a variable. Thanks

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1643227/jquery-get-selected-text-from-dropdownlist — Rob, Oct 14 '11 at 11:08
It works: http://jsfiddle.net/Guteh/1/ You must not be including jQuery correctly, or something. — bricker, Oct 14 '11 at 11:10
Are you including jQuery in your document? Can you explain what's "not working" about it? — bricker, Oct 14 '11 at 11:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '11 at 11:15

1

$('#list').change(function() {
  var value = $("#list option:selected").text();
alert(value);
});

answered Oct 14 '11 at 11:15

erimerturk

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