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transfer data from javascript popup multiline textbox to a select control

I would like to know if its possible to copy text (one per row), from textarea and move it to listbox with some foreach loop.
I have a textarea in a popup and a listbox where I want to put all the records from the textarea.
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Thanks in advance and I will really appreciate if someone helps me with this. Thanks, Laziale

Answer 1

function BuildDropdownFromTextarea() {
    var lines = $('#yourTextArea').val().split('\n');

    $.each(lines, function(index,value){
      $('#yourDropdownList').append($("<option></option>").attr('value', value).text(value));
    });
}

Let’s say you want the list to be populated on the click of a button. Some sample markup for your button would be:

<input type="submit" onclick="BuildDropdownFromTextarea()" />