title: jquery drop down .val .html
body: <p>I am trying to populate a drop down list</p>
  
  <p>I have the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    $('#dd_deg ').append($('&lt;option&gt;&lt;/option&gt;').val('hello').html('va1'));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What is the purpose of .val and .html. I see that val1 is what shows in the drop down but what is the purpose of .val</p>