The next type of input is a Pull Down List. With this type you use <select> instead of <input> and it has a closing tag. Let's make one.
<form>
<select>
</select>
</form>
Don't forget to give it a name.
<form>
<select name="best friend">
</select>
</form>
Next add a few options.
<form>
<select name="best friend">
<option>Ed
<option>Rick
<option>Tom
<option>Guido
</select>
</form>
And give each <option> a value.
<form> <select name="best friend"> <option value="ed">Ed <option value="rick">Rick <option value="tom">Tom <option value="guido">Guido </select> </form>
The default option is the one that is listed first.
We can specify a default other than the first option in the list.
<form>
<select name="best friend">
<option value="ed">Ed
<option value="rick">Rick
<option value="tom" selected>Tom
<option value="guido">Guido
</select>
</form>
As you can probably guess, a Pull Down List returns one name/value pair...
best friend=tom
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