angular empty fiddle
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HTML
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-controller="myCtrl" ng-app="myApp">
<select ng-model="selectedItemvalue">
<option value="">--Select --</option>
<option ng-repeat="sel in selectables" ng-selected="selectedItemvalue == sel.value" value="{{sel.value}}">{{sel.label}}</option>
</select>
<p>Selected Value is : {{selectedItemvalue}}</p>
</div>
JavaScript
angular
.module('myApp', [])
// controller here
.controller('myCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.selectables = [
{ label: 'A', value: 1},
{ label:'B', value: 2},
{ label: 'C', value: 3}
];
// this is the model that's used for the data binding in the select directive
// the default selected item
//using value, i want to set the selected value
$scope.selectedItemvalue = "2";
})