I am trying to get the values from my select list on a jquery mobile app.

Here is my select markup:

<div data-role="fieldcontain">
                <label for="stuff" class="select">Stuff:</label>
                <select name="stuff" id="stuff" multiple="multiple">
                    <option value=''>Select One</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 1">Stuff 1</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 2">Stuff 2</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 3">Stuff 3</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 4">Stuff 4</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 5">Stuff 5</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 6">Stuff 6</option>
                </select>
            </div>

How do I get the ma separated string of values from this multiselect

I am trying to get the values from my select list on a jquery mobile app.

Here is my select markup:

<div data-role="fieldcontain">
                <label for="stuff" class="select">Stuff:</label>
                <select name="stuff" id="stuff" multiple="multiple">
                    <option value=''>Select One</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 1">Stuff 1</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 2">Stuff 2</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 3">Stuff 3</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 4">Stuff 4</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 5">Stuff 5</option>
                    <option value="Stuff 6">Stuff 6</option>
                </select>
            </div>

How do I get the ma separated string of values from this multiselect

• javascript
• jquery
• html
• jquery-mobile

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You can try to use jquery val() method to retreive array of selected values and join method to bine them:

var maSeparatedValues = $("#stuff").val().join(",");

Simple use jquery val method:

var vals = $('#stuff').val();  // Array, e.g. ["Stuff 2", "Stuff 3"]
console.log(vals.join(','));   // String 'Stuff 2,Stuff 3'