How to check a radio button with jQuery?

Question

I try to check a radio button with jQuery. Here\'s my code:

Answer 1

Just in case anyone is trying to achieve this while using jQuery UI, you will also need to refresh the UI checkbox object to reflect the updated value:

$("#option2").prop("checked", true); // Check id option2
$("input[name='radio_options']").button("refresh"); // Refresh button set