Dropdownlist SET Value using

by Nigam Shah

HTML

<select id="myselection">
    <option value="1">First</option>
    <option value="2">Second</option>
 </select>

JavaScript

$("#myselection > option").each(function(index) {
    if(this.text == 'Second')
    {
    	alert(this.text);
      $('#myselection').val(this.value)
    }
});