Getting the selected option value in jQuery

Question

I would like to print the selected values of all selects using jQuery. I did it like this, but I feel that there is a nicer way to write the same. Am I right ?

$("select").each(function() {
    alert(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);
});

Answer 1

Yes.

alert($(this).val());

jQuery's val function will return the value of the selected option from a <select> element.