jQuery get values of checked checkboxes into array

I am trying to get values of all checkboxes that are currently checked and store them into an array. Here is my code so far: $("#merge_button").click(function(event){ event.preventDefault(); var searchIDs = $("#find-table input:checkbox:checked").map(function(){ return $(this).val(); }); console.log(searchIDs); }); However this outputs more than I need. I not only get the values, but some other st