Seemed odd I couldn\'t find this one already asked, but here it goes!
I have an html as follows:
Try this:
$('#select-meal-type').change(function(){
var arr = $(this).val()
});
Demo
$('#select-meal-type').change(function(){
var arr = $(this).val();
console.log(arr)
})
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="select-meal-type" multiple="multiple">
<option value="1">Breakfast</option>
<option value="2">Lunch</option>
<option value="3">Dinner</option>
<option value="4">Snacks</option>
<option value="5">Dessert</option>
</select>
fiddle
If you wanna go the modern way, you can do this:
const selectedOpts = [...field.options].filter((x) => x.selected);
The ...
operator maps iterable (HTMLOptionsCollection
) to the array.
If you're just interested in the values, you can add a map()
call:
const selectedValues = [...field.options]
.filter((x) => x.selected)
.map((x)=>x.value);
if you want as you expressed with breaks after each value;
$('#select-meal-type').change(function(){
var meals = $(this).val();
var selectedmeals = meals.join(", "); // there is a break after comma
alert (selectedmeals); // just for testing what will be printed
})
Something like the following would be my choice:
let selectElement = document.getElementById('categorySelect');
let selectedOptions = selectedElement.selectedOptions || [].filter.call(selectedElement.options, option => option.selected);
let selectedValues = [].map.call(selectedOptions, option => option.value);
It's short, it's fast on modern browsers, and we don't care whether it's fast or not on 1% market share browsers.
Note, selectedOptions has wonky behavior on some browsers from around 5 years ago, so a user agent sniff isn't totally out of line here.
First, use Array.from
to convert the HTMLCollection
object to an array.
let selectElement = document.getElementById('categorySelect')
let selectedValues = Array.from(selectElement.selectedOptions)
.map(option => option.value) // make sure you know what '.map' does
// you could also do: selectElement.options
You can use selectedOptions
var selectedValues = Array.from(document.getElementById('select-meal-type').selectedOptions).map(el=>el.value);
console.log(selectedValues);
<select id="select-meal-type" multiple="multiple">
<option value="1">Breakfast</option>
<option value="2" selected>Lunch</option>
<option value="3">Dinner</option>
<option value="4" selected>Snacks</option>
<option value="5">Dessert</option>
</select>