Get an array of list element contents in jQuery

Question

I have a structure like this:

  
text1
  
text2
  
text3

Answer 1

kimstik was close, but not quite.

Here's how to do it in a convenient one-liner:

$.map( $('li'), function (element) { return $(element).text() });

Here's the full documentation for jQuery's map function, it's quite handy: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.map/

Just to answer fully, here's the complete functionality you were looking for:

$.map( $('li'), function (element) { return $(element).text() }).join(', ');