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HTML
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<body>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr class="seat_cat_group_end" id="myid1">
<td class="resale-item-seatCat category">
<span class="seatCat">Category 1</span>
</td>
<td class="resale-item-subCategory reducedTariff">
Purchase
</td>
<td class="resale-item-quantity quantity">
<select id="myid1" >
<option value="0" selected=""selected"">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="seat_cat_group_end" id="myid2">
<td class="resale-item-seatCat category">
<span class="color" style="background-color: #00B0F0;"></span><span class="seatCat">Category 2</span>
</td>
<td class="resale-item-subCategory reducedTariff">
Purchase
</td>
<td class="resale-item-quantity quantity">
<select id="myid2">
<option value="0" selected=""selected"">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
JavaScript
alert('jQuery: ' + $('tr#myid2 select#myid2').val());
alert('Javascript: ' + document.querySelectorAll("[id='myid2']")[1].value);
document.querySelectorAll("[id='myid2']")[1].value = "2";