Here is an example of using Selenium IsSomethingSelected. This example is written is Visual Studio C#.

try
{
Assert.IsTrue(selenium.IsSomethingSelected("ctl00_WebsiteId"));
string selectedLabel = selenium.GetSelectedLabel("ctl00_WebsiteId");
string selectedItem = selenium.GetSelectedValue("ctl00_WebsiteId");
Console.WriteLine(selectedLabel);
Console.WriteLine(selectedItem);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
verificationErrors.Append(e.Message);
}

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