Get SELECT’s value and text in jQuery [duplicate]

by 
<select id="ddlViewBy">
    <option value="value">text</option>
</select>

JQuery

var txt = $("#ddlViewBy option:selected").text();
var val = $("#ddlViewBy option:selected").val();

JS Fiddle DEMO

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