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

The following works for text entries both with and without spaces:

$("#mySelect1").find("option[text=" + text1 + "]").attr("selected", true);