JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<select id="myBox">
<option >Volvo</option>
<option>02</option>
<option >Mercedes</option>
<option >04</option>
</select>
JavaScript
var myExpectedResult = null ;
$('#myBox').change(function(){ console.log('changed');
// parse the value to a decimal based integer
// @see http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_parseInt.asp
var value = parseInt($(this).val(),10);
myExpectedResult = value + 10; //other value must be decimal number too
console.log('this is my expected result = '+myExpectedResult );
});