How to select text of a dropdown list which id ends with some string in JQuery?

Question

I need to select the text of dropdown list in which id ends with string SelectId

if the id is a fixed one like fixedid, it can be achieved by

var val = $('#fixedid :selected').text();

But, in my case, I know only some end text of that id and that is SelectId

I have tried below code but it failed

$('[id$="SelectId"]').text()

How I can achieve this?

Possible duplicate of:-Find an element by partial ID in jQuery? — Death-is-the-real-truth
– Death-is-the-real-truth, Commented Dec 15, 2017 at 11:15
Possible duplicate of Find an element by partial ID in jQuery? — Shiladitya
– Shiladitya, Commented Dec 15, 2017 at 11:19

Pranav C Balan · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-15 11:09:27Z

You need to get the selected option within it for getting text content of selected option.

$('[id$="SelectId"] :selected').text() //-----------------^^^^^^^^^^^-------

Sean T · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-15 11:12:06Z

2

This should work to get the option.

$("select[id$='SelectId'] option:selected").text()

answered Dec 15, 2017 at 11:10

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Anybody care to tell me what it wrong with this approach when down voting?