<!DOCTYPE html>
<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>