How to add “selected” in option attribute using Javascript or jQuery?

Question

Below is code for select option and generate using php from database and i try to add selected=\"selected\" to value=\"4\" using jQuery or any javascri

Answer 1

This should work simple, $("#countryselect").val('4')​

It will automatically set selected=selected

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/muthkum/zYRkC/