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HTML

<select id="foo">
    <option value="8EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX1">1</option>
    <option value="8EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2">2</option>
    <option value="8EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX3">3</option>
    <option value="8EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX4">4</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(function(){
$('#foo').find('option[value="8EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX3"]').prop('selected', 'selected')
})