Get Value of OPTION TAG
HTML
<select>
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
<option>3</option>
<option>4</option>
<option>5</option>
</select>
<p>Selected Value: <strong></strong>
</p>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function () {
$("select").each(function (index) {
var a = $('option:selected').text();
$('p strong').html(a);
$(this).change(function () {
var a = $('option:selected').text();
$('p strong').html(a);
});
});
});