title: How to get selected text from a SelectList
body: <p>I am creating a custom helper method for a Drop Down List with the following signature:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public static MvcHtmlString MyCustomDropDownListFor&lt;TModel, TProperty&gt;(this HtmlHelper&lt;TModel&gt; html, Expression&lt;Func&lt;TModel, TProperty&gt;&gt; expression, IEnumerable&lt;SelectListItem&gt; selectList, string optionLabel, object htmlAttributes)
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  <p>Within the method, I can do the following to get the selected value:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var Value = ((SelectList)selectList).SelectedValue);
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  <p>In my helper method, I need to find out what the selected text is as well, and not just the value. How will I get that?</p>