Check if an select option exists based on text in jQuery 1.7

Question

So I have the following piece of HTML: ``` ``` How do I check to see if #sel has an option based on the text value? ("Option1")

Accepted Answer

Try the following:

```
var opt = 'Option1';
if ($('#sel option:contains('+ opt +')').length) {
   alert('This option exists')
}
```

Demo

edit: The above snippet uses the jQuery `contains` selector which filters elements that their textContent contains the specified value. For an exact match you can use the code snippet suggested in christian-mann's answer.

How to do this with Javascript (not jquery) – Jerry

```
var optionExists = [].some.call(document.getElementById('sel').options, function(option) {
   return option.textContent === 'value';
});
```

Check if an select option exists based on text in jQuery 1.7

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