JavaScript - populate drop down list with array

Question

I have an array declared in a script:

var myArray = new Array("1", "2", "3", "4", "5" . . . . . "N");

I have a form which contains a drop down menu:

<form id="myForm">
  <select id="selectNumber">
    <option>Choose a number</option>
  </select>
</form>

Using Javascript, how will I populate the rest of the drop down menu with the array values? So that the options will be "Choose a number", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5" . . . . . "N"?

Answer 1

You'll need to loop through your array elements, create a new DOM node for each and append it to your object.

var select = document.getElementById("selectNumber"); 
var options = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]; 

for(var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
    var opt = options[i];
    var el = document.createElement("option");
    el.textContent = opt;
    el.value = opt;
    select.appendChild(el);
}?

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