# Dropdown option

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [10 June 2020 08:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106 "2020-06-10T08:18:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![dhanasekar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@dhanasekar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhanasekar)
#### Post date: [10 June 2020 08:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106/1 "2020-06-10T08:18:26Z")

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Hi,

I want to send below mentioned msg.options to dropdown node.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/4/64264cfd8eed92ee45cd87bde16f0ef9918ff3b8.png)

I tried to convert string to array object ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/5/056606ae03442d2aa59fc4094b351ae6058b54d3.png)  
but not working.

Kindly help to send string as option dropdown node.

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### Author: ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [10 June 2020 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106/2 "2020-06-10T08:36:12Z")

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msg.options must be an array containing the options, so you want  
`msg.options = ["A001"]`  
or if you want to convert the existing msg then  
`msg.options = [msg.options]`

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### Author: ![dhanasekar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@dhanasekar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dhanasekar)
#### Post date: [10 June 2020 10:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106/3 "2020-06-10T10:59:57Z")

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HI @Colin,  
Thank you for your solution. It's working fine.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [24 June 2020 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-option/28106/4 "2020-06-24T11:00:01Z")

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