I used e.target.value to retrieve the current selected value from bootstrap-select but it returned the first selected value i.e. the alert kept displaying item 1, when item 1 and item 2 where selected even when item 2 was the most recently selected.

How can I get the value for the recent selection and how can I get how many options are selected?

   <select multiple class=selectpicker multiple data-selected-text-format=count > 1>

    <option value=item 1>Item 1</option>

    <option value=item 2>Item 2</option>

    <option value=item 3>Item 3</option>

    <option value=item 4>Item 4</option>

    <option value=item 5>Item 5</option>

$('.selectpicker').change(function (e) {

    alert(e.target.value);

});