Text of a Selected Item in a dropdown list [Solved]

Text of a Selected Item in a dropdown list [Solved]

I am stuck on this code, and don't know what to do.

I have a drop down list with 1400 items. When the user selects a checkbox, I want to populate two fields on the page. 1 will have the text label of the item, and one the value of the item. I know how to do the populating of the fields.

What I need help with getting the text label of the field.

FYI: The class on the dropdown list is called ddl. I am using that to reference the drop down list.

If I do this:
var id = $('.ddl').val();

I get the value of the selected item.

How can get the text displayed with that item in the dropdown list?

Thanks,
Andy