HTML Form: Select-Option vs Datalist-Option

Question

I was wondering what the differences are between Select-Option and Datalist-Option. Is there any situation in which it would be better to use one or the other? An example

Answer 1

Data List is a new HTML tag in HTML5 supported browsers. It renders as a text box with some list of options. For Example for Gender Text box it will give you options as Male Female when you type 'M' or 'F' in Text Box.