Selecting option based on its text

Selecting option based on its text Jquery

by Amin Kodaganur

HTML

<input type="text" id="country_value" />
<select id="country">
  <option value="0">India</option>
  <option value="1">Australia</option>
  <option value="2">US</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
	//alert('hi');
  
  $('#country_value').blur(function(e) {
    var a = $(this).val();
    
    $("#country option").each(function(){
   		 var country_value  = $(this).val();
       var country_name = $(this).text();
       
       if(a == country_name){
					 $("#country").val(country_value);
       }
       
    });
	});
});