Max value in array
This gets the max value in a select, which pulls the values from each option
HTML
<select>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="click me!" />
JavaScript
$("input").click(function () {
var array = [];
var opts = $('select')[0].options;
$.each(opts, function(i, o) {
array.push(opts[i].value);
});
console.log(array);
alert(Math.max.apply(Math, [,,,]));
});