JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by karim79
HTML
<select id="x">
<option value="foo">test</option>
<option value="blah">test</option>
<option value="something">Something</option>
</select>
JavaScript
var sel = document.getElementById("x");
var options = sel.options;
for(var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
if(options[i].value == "something") {
alert('found options with value of "something"');
sel.selectedIndex = i
}
}