Select dropdown menu option with javascript

Question

I have a dropdown menu and I cannot figure out how to make a javascript function select a drop down menu option. I have tested the output of the variables and they are all corre

Answer 1

Alt. you can set selected to the actual option: select.options[i].selected = true;

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        var select = document.getElementById("stateSelect");
        for(var i = 0;i < select.options.length;i++){
            if(select.options[i].value == c ){
                select.options[i].selected = true;
            }
        }
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