How to get all selected values from <select multiple=multiple>?

Answer 1

Works everywhere without jquery:

var getSelectValues = function (select) {
    var ret = [];

    // fast but not universally supported
    if (select.selectedOptions != undefined) {
        for (var i=0; i < select.selectedOptions.length; i++) {
            ret.push(select.selectedOptions[i].value);
        }

    // compatible, but can be painfully slow
    } else {
        for (var i=0; i < select.options.length; i++) {
            if (select.options[i].selected) {
                ret.push(select.options[i].value);
            }
        }
    }
    return ret;
};