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HTML

<select name="div0" class="dropdowns">
                    <option value="orange">orange</option>
                    <option value="apple">apple</option>
                    <option value="grape">grape</option>
                    <option value="peas">peas</option>
            </select>



            <select name="div1" class="dropdowns">
                    <option value="orange2">orange</option>
                    <option value="apple">apple</option>
                    <option value="grape" selected>grape</option>
                    <option value="peas">peas</option>
            </select>

<input type="button" name="mybutton" value="Edit Row" class='editrowbutton'>

JavaScript

$(document).on('click', '.editrowbutton', function() {

     var thetext =  $(this).prev().find('option:selected').value();

    alert(thetext);
});