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HTML

<select name="fieldType" id="fieldType">
    <option value="selectFieldType">Select Field Type</option>  
</select>

JavaScript

var data =  [
    "Date",
    "String"
];
var node =document.getElementById("fieldType");
for(i=0;i<data.length;i++){
var option = document.createElement("option");
option.text = data[i];
//option.value = data[i];
node.add(option);
}