Read Telerik drop downlist javascript

sometimes we need to read the value/text of a Telerik MVC dropDownList  items.
using JQUERY:

function getData()
{

var items= $('#dropdownlistName).data('tDropDownList').data;

// items is the items list

// items can be dealt as an array

// then we can get the text and the value of each item as following:

 

var text = items[0].Text;

var value = items[0].Value;

 

 

}

Note :
you have to read " $('#dropdownlistName) " after document.read() function as we have to wait for  the Telerik JQuery library to be loaded.
it is preferred to be read pageLoad function of the Microsoft.Ajax library

function pageLoad()
{
    getData()
}

or at any event handler javascript function