JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by chridam

HTML

<select id="sourceList" name="selectListMenu1" multiple>
    <option value="1">One</option>
    <option value="2">john smith</option>
    <option value="3">Three</option>
    <option value="4">Four</option>
    <option value="5">peter pan</option>
</select>

CSS

select { height: 100px; width: 100px; }

JavaScript

var summary3 = "john smith,peter pan".split(","); // split the names to compare
$.map(summary3, function(elem, i) {
  $('select[name="selectListMenu1"] option[text="' + elem + '"]').attr('selected', true);
});