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HTML

<Select class="yt">
</select>

JavaScript

var select = "<option val='1'>1</option><option val='2'>2</option><option name='sel' val='3'>3</option>"
$(".yt").append(select);//.val($('.yt option[name="sel"]').attr('val'));
$(".yt").val(2);