How to add option to select list in jQuery

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My select list is called dropListBuilding  The following code does not seem to work    for  var i   0  i  lt  buildings length  i           var val   buildings i        var text   buildings i        alert  value of builing at      i toString       is      val            dropListBuilding   addOption val  text  false        This line dies        dropListBuilding   addOption val  text  false     What is the right to add items to the drop down in jQuery  I have tested without that line and the buildings variable does have my data element

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dropListBuilding   append   lt option gt   val   lt  option gt

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Don t make your code so complicated  It can be done simply as below by using a foreach-like iterator         each buildings  function  index  value            dropListBuilding   append     lt option  gt               value  value          text   value

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For me this one worked  success  function data               alert  SUCCCESS                  each data function index itemData                   console log JSON stringify itemData                        fromDay   append  new Option itemData lookupLabel itemData id

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Doing it this way has always worked for me  I hope this helps   var ddl       dropListBuilding       for  k   0  k  lt  buildings length  k       ddl append   lt option value      buildings k      gt     buildings k      lt  option gt

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each data function index itemData           dropListBuilding   append     lt option gt  lt  option gt             attr  value  key           text value

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It looks like you want this pluging as it follows your existing code  maybe the plug in js file got left out somewhere    http   www texotela co uk code jquery select   var myOptions      Value 1     Text 1    Value 2     Text 2    Value 3     Text 3         myselect2   addOption myOptions  false       use true if you want to select the added options    Run

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This is working fine  try out this   var ob       myListBox     for  var i   0  i  lt  buildings length  i           var val   buildings i        var text   buildings i         ob prepend   lt option value    val    gt     text     lt  option gt

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Your code fails because you are executing a method  addOption  on the jQuery object  and this object does not support the method   You can use the standard Javascript function like this       dropListBuilding   0  options add  new Option  My Text   My Value

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If you do not want to rely on the 3 5 kB plugin for jQuery or do not want to construct the HTML string while escapping reserved HTML characters  here is a simple way that works   function addOptionToSelectBox selectBox  optionId  optionText  selectIt        var option   document createElement  option        option value   optionId      option text   optionText      selectBox options selectBox options length    option      if  selectIt            option selected   true           var selectBox       veryImportantSelectBox   0   addOptionToSelectBox selectBox   ID1    Option 1   true

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