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HTML
<select id='bill_to'>
<option value='a634jhj2'>[email protected]<option>
<option value='agfd4ghj2'>[email protected]<option>
<option value='asdf634jhj2'>[email protected]<option>
<option value='agf2342d4ghj2'>[email protected]<option>
</select>JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
alert($('#bill_to').find(':selected').val());
});