how to iterate through multiple select options with jquery

Question

I was just wondering if it\'s possible to go through multiple select options and get their values and text(if one is selected get the value and text, if 2 is selected get both o

Answer 1

This will alert all the selected options' text and values (for all selects on the page):

$('select > option:selected').each(function() {
    alert($(this).text() + ' ' + $(this).val());
});

See Core/each and Selectors/selected:

http://docs.jquery.com/Core/each

http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/selected