What are the uses of select tag in HTML?

<select> 
<option value ="volvo">Volvo</option> 
<option value ="saab">Saab</option> 
<option value="opel">Opel</option> 
<option value="audi">Audi</option> 
</select>

<SELECT NAME="studyCenter" id="studyCenter" SIZE="1"> 
<OPTION VALUE="0">全部 
<OPTION VALUE="1">湖北电大网络学习中心 
<OPTION VALUE="2">成都师范学院网络学习中心 
<OPTION VALUE="3">武汉职业技术学院网络学习中心 
</SELECT>

//有multiple属性，则可以多选 
<select name= “education” id=”education” multiple=”multiple”> 
<option value=”1”>高中</option> 
<option value=”2”>大学</option> 
<option value=”3”>博士</option> 
</select> 
//下面没有multiple属性 , 只显示一条，不能多选 
<select name= “education” id=”education” > 
<option value=”1”>高中</option> 
<option value=”2”>大学</option> 
<option value=”3”>博士</option> 
</select> 
//下面是设置了size属性的情况 , 如果size = 3 那么就显示三条数据，注意不能多选的。 
<select name="education" id="education" size=&#39;3&#39;> 
<option value="0">小学</option> 
<option value="1">初中</option> 
<option value="2">高中</option> 
<option value="3">中专</option> 
<option value="4">大专</option> 
<option value="5">本科</option> 
<option value="6">研究生</option> 
<option value="7">博士</option> 
<option value="8">博士后</option> 
<option selected>请选择</option> 
</select>

@param objSelectId 将要验证的目标select组件的id 
@param objItemValue 将要验证是否存在的值 
function isSelectItemExit(objSelectId,objItemValue) { 
var objSelect = document.getElementById(objSelectId); 
var isExit = false; 
if (null != objSelect && typeof(objSelect) != "undefined") { 
for(var i=0;i<objSelect.options.length;i++) { 
if(objSelect.options[i].value == objItemValue) { 
isExit = true; 
break; 
} 
} 
} 
return isExit; 
}

@param objSelectId 将要加入item的目标select组件的id @param objItemText 将要加入的item显示的内容 @param objItemValue 将要加入的item的值 function addOneItemToSelect(objSelectId,objItemText,objItemValue) { var objSelect = document.getElementById(objSelectId); if (null != objSelect && typeof(objSelect) != "undefined") { //判断是否该值的item已经在select中存在 if(isSelectItemExit(objSelectId,objItemValue)) { $.messager.alert('提示消息','该值的选项已经存在!','info'); } else { var varItem = new Option(objItemText,objItemValue); objSelect.options.add(varItem); } } }

@param objSelectId 将要进行删除的目标select组件id 
function removeSelectItemsFromSelect(objSelectId) { 
var objSelect = document.getElementById(objSelectId); 
var delNum = 0; 
if (null != objSelect && typeof(objSelect) != "undefined") { 
for(var i=0;i<objSelect.options.length;i=i+1) { 
if(objSelect.options[i].selected) { 
objSelect.options.remove(i); 
delNum = delNum + 1; 
i = i - 1; 
} 
} 
if (delNum <= 0 ) { 
$.messager.alert(&#39;提示消息&#39;,&#39;请选择你要删除的选项!&#39;,&#39;info&#39;); 
} else { 
$.messager.alert(&#39;提示消息&#39;,&#39;成功删除了&#39;+delNum+&#39;个选项!&#39;,&#39;info&#39;); 
} 
} 
}

@param objSelectId 将要验证的目标select组件的id 
@param objItemValue 将要验证是否存在的值 
function removeItemFromSelectByItemValue(objSelectId,objItemValue) { 
var objSelect = document.getElementById(objSelectId); 
if (null != objSelect && typeof(objSelect) != "undefined") { 
//判断是否存在 
if(isSelectItemExit(objSelect,objItemValue)) { 
for(var i=0;i<objSelect.options.length;i++) { 
if(objSelect.options[i].value == objItemValue) { 
objSelect.options.remove(i); 
break; 
} 
} 
$.messager.alert(&#39;提示消息&#39;,&#39;成功删除!&#39;,&#39;info&#39;); 
} else { 
$.messager.alert(&#39;提示消息&#39;,&#39;不存在指定值的选项!&#39;,&#39;info&#39;); 
} 
} 
}

@param objSelectId 将要进行清空的目标select组件id 
function clearSelect(objSelectId) { 
var objSelect = document.getElementById(objSelectId); 
if (null != objSelect && typeof(objSelect) != "undefined") { 
for(var i=0;i<objSelect.options.length;) { 
objSelect.options.remove(i); 
} 
} 
}

@param objSelectId 目标select组件id 
@return select中所有item的值，值与值之间用逗号隔开 
function getAllItemValuesByString(objSelectId) { 
var selectItemsValuesStr = ""; 
var objSelect = document.getElementById(objSelectId); 
if (null != objSelect && typeof(objSelect) != "undefined") { 
var length = objSelect.options.length 
for(var i = 0; i < length; i = i + 1) { 
if (0 == i) { 
selectItemsValuesStr = objSelect.options[i].value; 
} else { 
selectItemsValuesStr = selectItemsValuesStr + "," + objSelect.options[i].value; 
} 
} 
} 
return selectItemsValuesStr; 
}