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<html><body><form> <select id="mySelect"> <option id="apple">Apple</option> <option id="orange">Orange</option> <option id="pineapple">Pineapple</option> <option id="banana">Banana</option> </select></form><p>Click the button to display the text of the option element with id="orange" in the drop-down list.</p><button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button><p id="demo"></p><script>function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").options.namedItem("orange").text; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;}</script></body></html>