JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Timmy Willison

HTML

<select id="jquery_rules">
      <option value="1" selected="selected">One</option>
      <option value="2">Two</option>
</select>

JavaScript

var $select = $('#jquery_rules').val('2');
console.log("present: ", $select.val());
$select.val('3');
console.log("not present: ", $select.val());