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

If all of your select boxes start with a similar id ("select_1", "select_2", "select_3", etc), you can just do:

var arr = [];
$("select[id^='select_']").children('option:selected').each(function(){
  //you will do this once for every selected item...
}

This allows you to loop through only specific select boxes, in case you have multiple groupings.