title: How to get DropDownList SelectItem in asp.net mvc 4
body: <p>I am working on application using asp.net mvc 4. Here i have a dropdownlist which is showing some list of amount. My Model Named Search have a variable named Minimum of decimal type which i have shown in dropdownlist as </p>
  
  <pre><code>@Html.DropDownList("Minimum", new List&lt;SelectListItem&gt;
                                { 
                              new SelectListItem { Text="Less Than 5000", Value="1"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="5000", Value="2"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="10,000", Value="3"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="15,000", Value="4"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="20,000", Value="5"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="25,000", Value="6"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="30,000", Value="7"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="35,000", Value="8"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="40,000", Value="9"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="50,000", Value="10"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="60,000", Value="11"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="70,000", Value="12"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="80,000", Value="13"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="90,000", Value="14"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="1,00,000", Value="15"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="5,00,000", Value="16"},
                              new SelectListItem { Text="10,00,000", Value="17"}
                                }, new { @class = "selectpicker" })
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This dropdwonlist is under form tag whose on submit this form goes to action nemed "Display Details" which is as follows</p>
  
  <pre><code>public ActionResult DisplayDetails(Search objCust)
  {
      objCust.Minimim = Convert.ToDecimal(Request.Form["Minimim"]);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But here i am getting selected value but not it selected Text. How i can get the selected text Here.</p>