option text

jquery option text lookup

by pfinigan

HTML

<select id="test">
  <option value="bird">123 Bird</option>
  <option value="bat">456 Bat</option>
  <option value="cat">768 Cat</option>
  <option value="dog">890 Dog</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#test option[value^='ca']").prop('selected', true);
    //$("#test option[text^='768']").prop('selected', true);
});