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Fill out the dropdown menu with xml file

I have the following code that loads an xml file to populate a dropdown menu. Right now, the value is equal to the text variant, but I would like to have a value equal to some number that comes from the same XML file. Can someone tell me how to format the XML file to do this, and what code to add so that the value appears in the html code.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="style.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<title>Using jQuery and XML to populate a drop-down box demo</title>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "make.xml",
dataType: "xml",
success: function(xml) {
var select = $('#mySelect');

$(xml).find('dropdown').each(function(){
$(this).find('make').each(function(){
var value = $(this).text();
select.append("<option class='ddindent' value='"+ value +"'>"+value+"</option>");
});
});
select.children(":first").text("Select Make").attr("selected",true);
} //sucess close
}); 
}); 
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="page-wrap">
<select id="mySelect">
<option>loading</option>
</select>
</div>
</body>
</html>

This is an xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<dropdown>
<make>Acura</make>
<make>Aston Martin</make>
<make>Audi</make>
<make>Bently</make>
<make>BMW</make>
<make>Buick</make>
<make>Cadillac</make>
<make>Chevrolet</make>
<make>Chrylser</make>
<make>Dodge</make>
<make>Eagle</make>
<make>Ferrari</make>
<make>Ford</make>
<make>Geo</make>
<make>GMC</make>
<make>Honda</make>
<make>Hummer</make>
<make>Hyundai</make>
<make>Infiniti</make>
<make>Isuzu</make>
<make>Jaguar</make>
<make>Jeep</make>
</dropdown>
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First, start by putting numbers in your XML file. If they are associated with a dropdown element, I suggest as an attribute.

Example:

<dropdown>
    <make value="1">Acura</make>
    <make value="4">Aston Martin</make>
    <make value="34">Audi</make>
...
</dropdown>

then in your jquery loop:

$(xml).find('dropdown').each(function(){
     $(this).find('make').each(function(){
          var value = $(this).attr('value');
          var label = $(this).text();
          select.append("<option class='ddindent' value='"+ value +"'>"+label+"</option>");
     });
});

, , , jquery, ():

$('make', xml).each(function(){
              var value = $(this).attr('value');
              var label = $(this).text();
              select.append("<option class='ddindent' value='"+ value +"'>"+label+"</option>");
    });

UPDATE

append(), append(), "make".

var optionsHtml = new Array();
    $('make', xml).each(function(){
                  var value = $(this).attr('value');
                  var label = $(this).text();
optionsHtml.push( "<option class='ddindent' value='"+ value +"'>"+label+"</option>");

        });
optionsHtml = optionsHtml.join('');
select.append(optionsHtml);
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xml "make" :

<make>
    <id>1</id>
    <name>Ford</name>
</make>

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