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

You can select dropdown option value by name

jQuery("#option_id").find("option:contains('Monday')").each(function()
{
 if( jQuery(this).text() == 'Monday' )
 {
  jQuery(this).attr("selected","selected");
  }
});