How do I dynamically set the selected option of a drop-down list using jQuery, JavaScript and HTML?

Question

For some reason, I can\'t get this to work.

My options list is populated dynamically using these scripts:

function addOption(selectId, value, text, sele         


        

Answer 1

Here it goes.

// Select by value
$('select[name="options"]').find('option[value="3"]').attr("selected",true);

// Select by text
//$('select[name="options"]').find('option:contains("Third")').attr("selected",true);

      First
      Second
      Third