You want to generate a HTML Select control?

You have some data such as the states of the USA:

And now you want to turn that list into a dropdown list?, i.e. a Select list in HTML, something like this:

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Just use this friendly little NimbleText pattern!

try it →

$ONCE<select id='Select1'>
$EACH  <option value="$0">$1</option>
$ONCE</select>

Go ahead and try it online. Have a play, see what you can do. Go on! Knock yourself out!

There are also guides for other examples of Automated HTML creation with NimbleText:

• Generate HTML Tables QUICKLY!
• Generate <OL> Ordered Lists in HTML Quickly
• Generate <UL> Unordered Lists in HTML Lightning fast!
• Generate a list of Definitions in HTML in no time at all!
• Generate a drop down list in HTML (generate a select list)
• Generate a radiobutton list in HTML as fast as Lightning!

Further help

You can also get general help, help on all the symbols and keywords, or on the built-in functions, filtering with a where clause, help with the powerful command-line automation, or applying custom formats to your dates and times.

• General help
• Symbols and Keywords
• Built-in Functions
• The 'Where' clause
• Date Time formatting
• Date Time parsing
• Command-Line Automation
• SQL Master Class
• HTML Master Class
• Popular Text Manipulations Made Easy «« bookmark this one

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