jQuery select option elements by value

Question

I have a select element wrapped by a span element. I am not allowed to use the select id but I am allowed to use the span id. I am trying to write a javascript/jquery functi

Answer 1

Here's the simplest solution with a clear selector:

function select_option(i) {
  return $('span#span_id select option[value="' + i + '"]').html();
}