title: Display drop down in freemarker from properties file
body: <pre><code> *I have to display US states in dropdown in .ftl file.I have stored data as key value pair in properties file as given below. I have to read data from properties file and display in ftl file.
      AL=Alabama
      AK=Alaska
      AZ=Arizona
      AR=Arkansas
      CA=California
      CO=Colorado
      CT=Connecticut
      DE=Delaware
      DC=District of Columbia
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>//I have to display drop-down as given below.I am beginner to free-marker.Could anyone please help me to do that.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;select&gt;
        &lt;option value=AL&gt;Alabama&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=AK&gt;Alaska&lt;/option&gt;
        .
        .
      &lt;/select&gt;
  </code></pre>