# Select Box population

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-box-population/88401>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 10, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-box-population/88401 "2007-03-10T15:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-box-population/88401/1 "2007-03-10T15:45:00Z")

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I would like to populate a select box in rails with the values 0 - 100 -  
how can this be done in rails?

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-box-population/88401/2 "2007-03-10T16:31:29Z")

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Mike wrote:

> I would like to populate a select box in rails with the values 0 - 100 -  
> how can this be done in rails?

any ideas anyone?

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-box-population/88401/3 "2007-03-10T18:03:16Z")

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> > I would like to populate a select box in rails with the values 0 - 100 -  
> > how can this be done in rails?
> 
> any ideas anyone?

\<% 1.upto(100) do |i| %\>

 \<%= i %\> \<% end %\>

Justin

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-box-population/88401/4 "2007-03-10T18:16:17Z")

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Also,

\<%= select\_tag(“value”, options\_for\_select((0…100).map { |v| [v.to\_s,  
v] })) %\>

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-box-population/88401/5 "2007-03-11T18:18:14Z")

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thanks a lot guys - very helpful!