Q:

Reading the value from select

I have around 30 of select form like this with different id(number_x):
<div class="holder">
    <select class="start" id="number_x" maxlength=5 size=1 value>
        <option value><option>
        <option value>1<option>
        <option value>2<option>
        <option value>3<option>
        <option value>4<option>
        <option value>5<option>
    </select>
</div>    
<div class="holder">
    <select class="start" id="number_x+1" maxlength=5 size=1 value>
        <option value><option>
        <option value>1<option>
        <option value>2<option>
        <option value>3<option>
        <option value>4<option>
        <option value>5<option>
    </select>
</div>

After the value from 1 to 5 is chosen I need to read it with jquery, so I can write it in table for future calculations.
--pseudocode (val() dont work)
$(button).click{
    for(x++){
        tab[x]= $('.holder .start#number_x').val();
     }
}

All I need is just to read the value from the select.start

A:

Your html syntax  is not valid.
change 
  <option value><option>
        <option value>1<option>

to
 <option value=""><option>
   <option value="">1<option>...and so on 

Then calling val() works
See Demo here

