jQuery: set selected value of dropdown list?

Question

What\'s wrong with this code?

jQuery

$(document).ready(function() {
    $(\"#routetype\").val(\'quietest\');
)};

HTML

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Answer 1

UPDATED ANSWER:

Old answer, correct method nowadays is to use jQuery's .prop(). IE, element.prop("selected", true)

OLD ANSWER:

Use this instead:

$("#routetype option[value='quietest']").attr("selected", "selected");

Fiddle'd: http://jsfiddle.net/x3UyB/4/