function getOptions()  
    {  
    var x=document.getElementById("mySelect");  
    var txt1 = "No. of items : ";  
    var i;  
    l=document.getElementById("mySelect").length;    
    txt1 = txt1+l;  
    for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)  
      {  
        txt1 = txt1 + "\n" + x.options[i].text;  
      }  
    alert(txt1);  
    }