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HTML

<select id="foo">
    <option>f</option>
    <option>k</option>
    <option>a</option>
    <option>e</option>
    <option>yt</option>
    <option>gk</option>
    <option>dfg</option>
    <option>fdg</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(function(){

function optsort(a, b){   
        return  ($(a).text() > $(b).text())? 1:-1;
    }    
opts=$('#foo').find('option');
opts.sort(optsort);    
  
$('#foo').append(opts);    
    
})