Adding options to an html select using Jquery

addOptionsToSelect.js

// array with values to be added
selectValues = { "1": "test 1", "2": "test 2" };
// for each value in the array append option to select
$.each(selectValues, function(key, value) {   
     $('#mySelect')
          .append($('<option>', { value : key })
          .text(value)); 
});