Change occurance of text in a drop down list

[amean_n]

Hi there,

I have the following html:

<select id="elSearchProgrammeSelect">
    <option selected="selected">All programmes</option>
    <option>programme one</option>
    <option>programme two</option>
    <option>programme two and three</option>        
</select>

I would like to know if there was a solution in JS which would change the occurance of the 'and' in the last option to '&'.

Therefore after the JS has kicked in, the html will read:

<select id="elSearchProgrammeSelect">
    <option selected="selected">All programmes</option>
    <option>programme one</option>
    <option>programme two</option>
    <option>programme two & three</option>        
</select>

Thanks for your help

[JMRKER]

I think what you are looking for is
&

The HTML entity for "&" is "&" (includes & and ; characters)

[amean_n]

Thanks, but sadly not. I do not need to encode the character. The cms i'm using breaks when using the & character. This is why I want to use the spelling for and. followed by adding an '&' into the dropdown list later.

[JMRKER]

Thanks, but sadly not. I do not need to encode the character. The cms i'm using breaks when using the & character. This is why I want to use the spelling for and. followed by adding an '&' into the dropdown list later.

That sounds more like a CMS problem than it does JS.
Are you sure you cannot escape the display with "\&"?