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HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.templates/beta1/jquery.tmpl.js"></script>
<script id="optionTemplate" type="text/x-jquery-tmpl">
    {{each(lang,abbrev) $data}}
    <option value="${abbrev}">${lang}</option>
    {{/each}}
</script>

<select id="langsel" name="selector">
    <option value="">Select a language</option>
</select>

JavaScript

var langs = 'Cash,1'


$("#optionTemplate").tmpl(blkstr).appendTo("#langsel");