Adding options to a <select> using jQuery?

Question

What\'s the easiest way to add an option to a dropdown using jQuery?

Will this work?

$(\"#mySelect\").append(\'My         


        

Answer 1

How about this

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var option = '';

for (var i=0;i' + numbers[i] + '';
    }

    $('#items').append(option);