title: Parsing 'selectedValue' out of RadDropDownList using jQuery
body: <p>The title says what I'm trying to do.</p>
  
  <p>I've got a control ('#dropdown') that has this as is its value:</p>
  
  <pre><code>value="{"enabled":true,"logEntries":[],"selectedIndex":8,"selectedText":"Option2","selectedValue":"250"}"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm trying to pull "250" from the "selectedValue" field.</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, doing $('#dropdown').val gives me the above string as its value.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to pull just the "selectedValue", or is this something I will have to parse through?</p>
  
  <p>Hoping to find out here before I go about doing a parse method.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>