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I have a Select Box where multiple option can be selected. Now I would like to get value of a particular index. How can I do this? For example I have a select box which have following values:

0 - Apple 1 - Orange 2 - Banana 3 - Pineapple

Now I would like to get value of index 2 which is Banana. How can I do this in jQuery?

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If the select box has the same values for value and text, you can get the value for the 2nd select using eq() and val() like this:

console.log($("select option:eq(2)").val());
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select>
  <option value="Apple">Apple</option>
  <option value="Orange">Orange</option>
  <option value="Banana">Banana</option>
  <option value="Pineapple">Pineapple</option>
</select>

If the select has numeric values and text, you can get the text "Banana" using eq() and text():

console.log($("select option:eq(2)").text());
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select>
  <option value="0">Apple</option>
  <option value="1">Orange</option>
  <option value="2">Banana</option>
  <option value="3">Pineapple</option>
</select>

And in case you want to get the value of the option with the text "Banana" you can do this using filter():

console.log($("select option").filter(function () { return $(this).html() == "Banana"; }).val());
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select>
  <option value="0">Apple</option>
  <option value="1">Orange</option>
  <option value="2">Banana</option>
  <option value="3">Pineapple</option>
</select>

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