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Date: 2008may8
Language: javaScript

Q.  How do I remove all the options from an HTML <select> ?

A.  Here is a function that does it.
Pass in the object handle of the <select> (not the options).

function removeOptions(obj) {
	obj.options.length = 0;
}

function removeOptionsAlternate(obj) {
	while (obj.options.length > 0) {
		obj.remove(0);
	}
}

// Example use:

function example() {
	removeOptions(document.getElementById('myselect'));
}

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