adding options to dropdownlist using jquery

Question

Im new to jquery, and what im trying to do is add new option to a dropdownlist. Here what I have so far. Could somone explain what im doing wrong?

   <asp:DropDownList ID="drop_company" runat="server"/>

     These dont work:
    $("#drop_company").append($("<option>").val("this"));
    or
    $("#drop_company").append($("<option value="1">Apple</option>"));

Selvakumar Arumugam · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 17:54:28Z

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Try,

$("#drop_company").append('<option value="1">Apple</option>');

You were missing $ in ("#drop_company")
You can append it a simple string
You cannot use double quotes inside double quotes without escaping it, else you can use a single quote and inside which you can use double quotes like above.

answered May 24, 2012 at 17:54

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Will Over a year ago

the try above: $("#drop_company").append('<option value="1">Apple</option>'); Im not getting any scripting error

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