JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by chepe263

HTML

<select>
  <option value="a">a</option>
  <option value="b">d</option>
  <option value="c">c</option>
</select>

<input type="text" id="letext" maxlength="1"/>
<input type="button" id="select" value="Select" />

JavaScript

$('#select').click(function(){
    
    $('select option[value=' +  $('#letext').val() +']').prop('selected','true')
    });