How to fill the array in jquery

Question

Is there any other better way to fill up the array like :

var arr = [];
var i = 0;
$('select').children('option').each( function() {
 arr[i++] = $(this).html();
});

Answer 1

You can use map method:

var arr = $("select > option").map(function() {
 return this.innerHTML;
}).get();

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/UZzd5/

Answer 2

using push() :

var arr = [];
$('select').children('option').each( function() {
 arr.push($(this).html());
});

Answer 3

var arr = [];
$('select option').html(function(i, html) {
 arr.push(html);
});

DEMO

Answer 4

Array.prototype.fill = function(value, length){
 while(length--){
 this[length] = value;
 }
 return this;
}
// example:
var coords = [].fill(0, 3);