title: JQuery fill DropDownList with JSON data
body: <p>Let's say I have this data returned from a backend service layer:</p>
  
  <p>["2", "3", "7", "14"]</p>
  
  <p>First question. Is this considered valid JSON data? <a href="http://www.json.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Json.org</a> says it is, but I cannot find any references to it on Google, SO, etc...</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>An ordered list of values. In most languages, this is realized as an array, vector, list, or sequence.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I want to be able to take these values and add them to an already existing DropDownList object OnLoad using JQuery.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$.getJSON("http://www.example.com/path-to-get-data", function(data) { 
    //iterate through each object and add it to the list.
    //ideally, the key and value (string to display to the end user) would be the same.
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I took a look at <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5952284/jquery-fill-dropdown-with-json-data">this thread</a>, but it has objects, not just an array. Should I use <code>parseJSON</code> versus <code>getJSON</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>