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by rwaldron

HTML

<div id="some-context">
 <select></select>
</div>

JavaScript

var $div = $("#some-context"), 
    $selectInContext = $("select", $div);


$.each( [ "alpha", "beta", "gamma" ], function( idx, opt ) {
   

    $("<option/>", {
        
        text: opt
        
    }).appendTo( $selectInContext );
    
});