Attaches a change event to the select that gets the text for each selected option : children « jQuery « JavaScript Tutorial

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
                
            $("select").change(function () {
                  var str = "";
                  $("select option:selected").each(function () {
                        str += $(this).text() + " ";
                      });
                  $("div").text(str);
                })
                .change();




        });
    </script>

  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
        <select name="sweets" multiple="multiple">
            <option>A</option>
            <option selected="selected">B</option>
            <option>C</option>
            <option selected="selected">D</option>
            <option>E</option>
            <option>F</option>
          </select>
          <div></div>
    </body>
</html>

30.23.children
	30.23.1.	Append SPAN one after another
	30.23.2.	Children from DIV
	30.23.3.	Get target children length
	30.23.4.	children(expr): filter with an optional expression
	30.23.5.	Attaches a change event to the select that gets the text for each selected option