Something like this:

for(i=0; i<document.Form1.area1.options.length;i++)
{
  if(document.Form1.area1.options[i].selected)
  {
    //do something with document.Form1.area1.options[i].value
  }
}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/collections/
options.asp

---- Original Message ----
From: poo_007@h...
To: javascript@p...
Subject: RE: [javascript] listbox problem
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 17:38:17 +0100

>hi
>
>i have a list box thro which multiple values can be selected. i want 
>to pass 
>the values selected from the listbox to a javascript function for 
>further 
>manipulation.
>
>below is a code snippet:
>
>Index = document.Form1.area1.length  ;
>	for (i=0 ; i < Index ; i++)
>	{
>		if (i==0)
>		{
>			strSend +=document.Form1.area1(i).value ;
>		}
>		else
>		{
>			strSend += "~" + document.Form1.area1(i).value ;
>		}
>	}
>
>
>when i tried to use it like the above, all the values of the listbox 
>are 
>included(even the unselected values are contained in the array of 
>values of 
>area1) rather than the selected values. how do i access the selected 
>values 
>alone?
>
>-lakshmanan
>
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