Copy data from "SELECT Multiple" Selection Box

Question

I need to copy data from a selection box with the "multiple" HTML attribute that looks something like this:

I have tried selecting all options and do "Ctrl-C" but it didn't work. When I go to the source, I can get the data but there is no way to filter out the HTML codes that goes with it.

Answer 1

<option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
<option value="saab">Saab</option>
<option value="opel">Opel</option>
<option value="audi">Audi</option>

Copy all the option tags (see above) from the HTML source (you'll find them between select tags) and paste into Notepad++, then search/replace as follows with the Regular expression option selected:

Find what: <option.*?>(.*?)</option>
Replace with: \1

You can also use Microsoft Word to search/replace as follows with the Use wildcards option selected:

Find what: \<option*\>(*)\</option\>
Replace with: \1