Programmatically select html select element option

jquery

Solution

Use `.val(value)`, Here in example I have use `Mar` to set as value

Set the value of each element in the set of matched elements.

$("#list").val('Mar')

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="list">
    <option>Jan</option>
    <option>Feb</option>
    <option>Mar</option>
    <option>Apr</option>
</select>

Problem

I want to select an option on a html select. For example, a select with: ``` <select id="list"> <option>Jan</option> <option>Feb</option> <option>Mar</option> <option>Apr</option> </select> ``` I can do something like this if I know the value for the option, for example: ``` <option value="0">Jan</option> $("#list option:eq(0)").attr("selected", "selected"); ``` Can I use the value between the option tag?

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