How to get selected option using Selenium WebDriver with Java

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I want to get the selected label or value of a drop down using Selenium WebDriver and then print it on the console   I am able to select any value from the drop down  but I am not able to retrieve the selected value and print it   Select select   new  Select driver findElement By id  MyDropDown     selectByVisibleText data 11  substring 1   data 11  length  -1    WebElement option   select getFirstSelectedOption      But all my efforts were in vain  How do I get the selected option

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On the following option   WebElement option   select getFirstSelectedOption    option getText      If from the method getText   you get a blank  you can get the string from the value of the option using the method getAttribute   WebElement option   select getFirstSelectedOption    option getAttribute  value

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var option   driver FindElement By Id  employmentType             var selectElement   new SelectElement option           Task Delay 3000  Wait            selectElement SelectByIndex 2           Console Read

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You should be able to get the text using getText    for the option element you got using getFirstSelectedOption      Select select   new Select driver findElement By xpath    select      WebElement option   select getFirstSelectedOption    String defaultItem   option getText    System out println defaultItem

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In Selenium Python it is   from selenium webdriver support ui import WebDriverWait from selenium webdriver support ui import Select  def get selected value from drop down self       try          select   Select WebDriverWait self driver  20  until EC element to be clickable  By ID   data configuration edit data object tab details lb use for match              return select first selected option get attribute  value       except NoSuchElementException  e          print  Element not found           print e

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Completing the answer   String selectedOption   new Select driver findElement By xpath  Type the xpath of the drop-down element     getFirstSelectedOption   getText     Assert assertEquals  Please select any option      selectedOption

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