arcpy - Getting list of selected features in ArcGIS for Desktop using Python code?

I have a question regarding selections in ArcGIS for Desktop. Assumed I have one layer in ArcMap and I have selected two of five features.

Is it possible to get a list of all selected features by using Python?

It would be fine if there is a way to get one special (or all) attribute(s) of the selected features stored in a list that can be written into a txt file.

Is it possible to do this in ArcGIS for Desktop?

Answer

Any time you have a selection on a layer a cursor object will only return the selected rows.

for row in arcpy.SearchCursor("name_of_layer_with_selection"):

    print row.field1, row.field2