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HTML
<select id="select1"></select>
JavaScript
$.ajax({
url: "/echo/json/",
type: "post",
dataType: "json",
data: { json: JSON.stringify({ "value": "test" }) }
})
.done(function( data ) {
console.log( "data: %o", data);
var $sel = $("#select1").append(
$("<option>").val( data.value ).text("woot")
);
console.log( "value: %s", $sel.val() );
console.log( "option: %o", $sel.find(":selected")[0] );
});