get multiple values from dropdownlist in JavaScript

Question

How can I get the values selected in the drop-down list, using a JavaScript function? User can select multiple values from both the elements. Following are the elements I'm using. Thanks in advance.

<select name="icOptions" id="icOptions" style="display: none" multiple="multiple">
  <option value="Choose an Option" selected="selected">Choose a Team </option>
  <option value="IDX">IDX</option>
  <option value="Support">SUPPORT</option>
  <option value="webapps">WEBAPPS</option>
</select>

<select name="ocOptions" id="ocOptions" style="display: none" multiple="multiple">
  <option value="Choose an Option" selected="selected">Choose a TeamMember </option>
  <option value="sanjay740">sanjay740</option>
  <option value="milind740">milind740</option>
</select>

Solution

var fld = document.getElementById('icOptions');
var values = [];
for (var i = 0; i < fld.options.length; i++) {
  if (fld.options[i].selected) {
    values.push(fld.options[i].value);
  }
}
// do something with values

Comments

[milind]

Thanx it worked with little modification. alert('you selected' + fld.options[i].value); because i wanted selected values. well Thanx again

[Bhushan]

@GwynHowell +1, this is what i was looking for

[Jesse]

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