Get Selected Text and Value from Kendo Dropdownlist on Change Event

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2015.2.805/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2015.2.805/styles/kendo.rtl.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2015.2.805/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2015.2.805/styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2015.2.805/js/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2015.2.805/js/jszip.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2015.2.805/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="example">
<div class="demo-section k-header">
<h4 class="title">DropDownList</h4>
<input id="dropdownlist" style="width: 100%;" />
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
function onChange() {
alert($("#dropdownlist").data("kendoDropDownList").text());
alert($("#dropdownlist").val())
};
var data = [{
text: "Item1",
value: "1"
}, {
text: "Item2",
value: "2"
}, {
text: "Item3",
value: "3"
}];
$("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({
dataTextField: "text",
dataValueField: "value",
dataSource: data,
change: onChange,
});
});
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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