jQuery: Setting select list 'selected' based on text, failing strangely

Question

I have been using the following code (with jQuery v1.4.2) to set the \'selected\' attribute of a select list based on its \'text\' description rather than its \'value\':

Answer 1

$("#my-select option:contains(" + myText +")").attr("selected", true);

This returns the first option containing your text description.