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HTML

<form action="">
        <fieldset>
            <legend>Why check is not switched?</legend>
            <input type="radio" name="myname" value="a" id="a" checked="checked"/>A
            <input type="radio" name="myname" value="b" id="b"/>B
        </fieldset>
    </form>
    <p>
    <button type="button" onclick="clickme()">click me</button>
    </p>

JavaScript

function clickme(){
    alert($('input[name="myname"][value="b"]').length);
    $('input[name="myname"][value="b"]').attr('checked','checked');
    $('#b').attr('checked',true);
    alert($('input[name="myname"]:checked').val());
};