Selecting option by text content with jQuery

jquery

Solution

Replace this:

var cat = $.jqURL.get('category');
var $dd = $('#cbCategory');
var $options = $('option', $dd);
$options.each(function() {
if ($(this).text() == cat)
    $(this).select(); // This is where my problem is
});

With this:

$('#cbCategory').val(cat);

Calling `val()` on a select list will automatically select the option with that value, if any.

Problem

I want to set a dropdown box to whatever has been passed through a querystring using jquery. How do I add the selected attribute to an option such that the "TEXT" value is equal to a certain param from the query string? ``` $(document).ready(function() { var cat = $.jqURL.get('category'); if (cat != null) { cat = $.URLDecode(cat); var $dd = $('#cbCategory'); var $options = $('option', $dd); $options.each(function() { if ($(this).text() == cat) $(this).select(); // This is where my problem is }); }; }); ```

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