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HTML
<select id="countryselect" name="country">
<option value="1">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="2">Albania</option>
<option value="3" name="1">Algeria</option>
<option value="4">Malaysia</option>
<option value="5">Maldives</option>
</select>
JavaScript
var nameVal = $('[name=1]').attr('value');
$("#countryselect").val(nameVal)