Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<select id="mySelect">
  <option value="volvo">
    Volvo
  </option>
  <option value="saab">
    Saab
  </option>
  <option value="mercedes">
    Mercedes
  </option>
  <option value="audi">
    Audi
  </option>
</select>

Preparation code output

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$('#mySelect').find('option').remove().end().append('<option value="whatever">text</option>').val('whatever');

$('#mySelect').empty().append('<option selected="selected" value="whatever">text</option>');

$select = $('#mySelect');
$select[0].options.length = 0;
$select.append('<option selected="selected" value="whatever">text</option>');

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• Revision 1: published by vzwick on 8th April 2012
• Revision 2: published on 12th April 2012

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