Loop through <select> and build array in the format: &ldquo;value1&rdquo;,&ldquo;value2&rdquo;,&ldquo;value3&rdquo;

$("#CityLocal").autocompleteArray(
    	[
    		"Aberdeen", "Ada", "Adamsville", "Zoar" //and a million other cities...
    	],
    	{
    		delay:10,
    		minChars:1,
    		matchSubset:1,
    		onItemSelect:selectItem,
    		onFindValue:findValue,
    		autoFill:true,
    		maxItemsToShow:10
    	}
    );

$("#CityLocal").autocompleteArray(
        	[
        		MyBigArrayOfOptions
        	],
        	{
        		delay:10,
        		minChars:1,
        		matchSubset:1,
        		onItemSelect:selectItem,
        		onFindValue:findValue,
        		autoFill:true,
        		maxItemsToShow:10
        	}
        );

$(document).ready(function(){
  // array of option elements' values
  var optionValues = [];
  // array of option elements' text
  var optionTexts = [];

  // iterate through all option elements
  $('#sel > option').each(function() {
    // get value/text and push it into respective array
    optionValues.push($(this).val());
    optionTexts.push($(this).text());
  });

  // test with alert
  alert(optionValues);
  alert(optionTexts);
});

var values = jQuery.map(jQuery("#select")[0].options, function(option)
             {
                return option.value;
             });

var texts = jQuery.map(jQuery("#select")[0].options, function(option)
            {
                return option.innerHTML;
            });

$("#CityLocal").autocompleteArray(
                MyBigArrayOfOptions,
                {
                        delay:10,
                        minChars:1,
                        matchSubset:1,
                        onItemSelect:selectItem,
                        onFindValue:findValue,
                        autoFill:true,
                        maxItemsToShow:10
                }
        );

myFunction($("#my-select option"));

myFunction($("option", theSelect));

$("#CityLocal").autocompleteArray(
    $("option", theSelect),
    {
            delay:10,
            minChars:1,
            matchSubset:1,
            onItemSelect:selectItem,
            onFindValue:findValue,
            autoFill:true,
            maxItemsToShow:10
    }
);