javascript - how to create a select without an option by default -

i want create select without option default, have next list of languages, when select 1 , press button" addland", use .append of jquery add 1 language list, default create option empty when page executed:

<select id="langlist"> <option></option> </select> 

this code, can change add new options elemets without option empty?

 <select id="updlanguage">             <option value="tr">turkish‬</option>              <option value="uk">ukrainian‬</option>              <option value="ur">urdu‬</option>              <option value="vi">vietnamese‬</option>              <option value="zu">zulu‬</option>  </select>  <input type="button" id="addlang" value="addlang">  <select id="langlist">    <!--when press button "addlang" add new lang <option></empty> empty before , lang add--> 

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script add new lang list

$("#addlang").on("click", function(){    var lang =$("#updlanguage :selected").text();    var idlang =$("#updlanguage").val();    $("#langlist").append("<option id='"+idlang+"'>"+lang+"</option>");        }); 

this works:

http://jsfiddle.net/bw7k7/1/

$("#addlang").on("click", function(){     var lang =$("#updlanguage :selected").text();     var idlang =$("#updlanguage").val();     if($("#langlist").is("div")) {         $("#langlist").replacewith($('<select id="langlist">' + this.innerhtml + '</select>'));     }     $("#langlist").append("<option id='"+idlang+"'>"+lang+"</option>");    });