select Option based on value
by Akram kamal
HTML
<select>
<option value="US" text="United states" />
<option value="CA" text="Canada" />
<option value="Mx" text="Mexico" />
</select>
<div></div>
JavaScript
$("select").change(function () {
var country = $(this.options).filter(":selected").attr("text")
$("div").text(country)
}).change()