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

Just wrap your option in $(option) to make it act the way you want it to. You can also make the code shorter by doing

$('#span_id > select > option[value="input your i here"]').attr("selected", "selected")