set option “selected” attribute from dynamic created option

Question

I have a dynamically created select option using a javascript function. the select object is

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Answer 1

I was trying something like this using the $(...).val() function, but the function did not exist. It turns out that you can manually set the value the same way you do it for an :

// Set value to Indonesia ("ID"):
$('#country').value = 'ID'

...and it get's automatically updated in the select. Works on Firefox at least; you might want to try it out in the others.