Issue reading dropdown box text

Issue reading dropdown box text

by Thulasi Ram.S

HTML

<select id="drpDiarisedReason">
        <option value="">Please Select..</option>
        <option value="1">ETF Too Big</option>
        <option value="2">Equipment Cost</option>
        <option value="3">Spend Too Little</option>
</select>

<input type="button" value="test" id="btnTest" />

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){

    $('#btnTest').on('click', function(){  
  
if ($('#drpDiarisedReason').val()=== "")
{
    alert('Please Select Diarised Reason');
    return false;
}
});
});