Question

var device_name = sreeni , murtuza , deepu , bharath , …… n th number

i need to split this Variable based on the comma and put it in a drop down box.

example:

    sreeni

    murtuza

    deepu

    bhatah

Please provide a solution using through Javascript or Jquery

Answer 1

With plain JS,

var device_name = "sreeni , murtuza , deepu , bharath"
var list = device_name.split(/\s*,\s*/);
var dd = document.getElementById("myDropDown");
for(var i = 0; i< list.length; i++){
    dd.innerHTML += '<option value="'+list[i]+'">'+list[i]+'</option>';
}

JSFiddle

More Hacky way,

document
.getElementById("myDropDown2")
.innerHTML = device_name
             .replace(
                 /\w+/g,
                 function(m){
                     return '<option value="'+m+'">'+m+'</option>'
                 }
             )
             .replace(/\s*,\s*/g,'');