Get the selected option id with jQuery

Question

I m trying to use jQuery to make an ajax request based on a selected option   Is there a simple way to retrieve the selected option id  e g   id2   using jQuery    lt select id  my select  gt      lt option value  o1  id  id1  gt Option1 lt  option gt      lt option value  o2  id  id2  gt Option2 lt  option gt   lt  select gt        my select   change function           do something with the id of the selected option

User · Answer

var id     this  find  option selected   attr  id     then you do whatever you want with selectedIndex  I ve reedited my answer     since selectedIndex isn t a good variable to give example

User · Answer

my select option selected   attr  id

User · Answer

You can get it using the  selected selector   like this       my select   change function       var id     this  children   selected   attr  id

User · Answer

Th easiest way to this is var id     this  val    from inside an event like on change

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