К примеру вот код jquery, отвечающий за создание списка значений селекта:
get: function( elem ) {
var value, option,
options = elem.options,
index = elem.selectedIndex,
one = elem.type === "select-one" || index < 0,
values = one ? null : [],
max = one ? index + 1 : options.length,
i = index < 0 ?
max :
one ? index : 0;
// Loop through all the selected options
for ( ; i < max; i++ ) {
option = options[ i ];
// oldIE doesn't update selected after form reset (#2551)
if ( ( option.selected || i === index ) &&
// Don't return options that are disabled or in a disabled optgroup
( jQuery.support.optDisabled ? !option.disabled : option.getAttribute("disabled") === null ) &&
( !option.parentNode.disabled || !jQuery.nodeName( option.parentNode, "optgroup" ) ) ) {
// Get the specific value for the option
value = jQuery( option ).val();
// We don't need an array for one selects
if ( one ) {
return value;
}
// Multi-Selects return an array
values.push( value );
}
}
return values;
}