Get the single value from a single select and an array of values from a multiple select and display their values.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ function displayVals() { var singleValues = $("#single").val(); var multipleValues = $("#multiple").val() \|\| []; $("p").html("<b>Single:</b> " + singleValues + " <b>Multiple:</b> " + multipleValues.join(", ")); } $("select").change(displayVals); displayVals(); }); </script> <style> p { color:red; margin:4px; } b { color:blue; } </style> </head> <body> <p></p> <select id="single"> <option>Single</option> <option>Single2</option> </select> <select id="multiple" multiple="multiple"> <option selected="selected">Multiple</option> <option>Multiple2</option> <option selected="selected">Multiple3</option> </select> </body> </html>
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