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HTML

<select id="myDDL">
    <option selected="selected" value="0">default</option>
    <option value="1">apples</option>
    <option value="2">oranges</option>
</select>

JavaScript

setFieldValue("myDDL", "apples");

function setFieldValue(field, value)
{
	var val = $("#" + field + " option[text]");
    console.log(val);
	$("#" + field).val(val);
}