jQuery - setting the selected value of a select control via its text description

Question

I have a select control, and in a javascript variable I have a text string.

Using jQuery I want to set the selected element of the select control to be the item with

Answer 1

If you are trying to bind select with ID then the following code worked for me.

    --Select--
    Dual Promoter Puromycin Expression Plasmid - pSF-CMV-PGK-Puro  > £114.00
    EMCV IRES Puromycin Expression Plasmid - pSF-CMV-EMCV-Puro  > £114.00
    FMDV IRES Puromycin Expression Plasmid - pSF-CMV-FMDV-Puro  > £114.00
    Puromycin Selection Plasmid - pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro AscI  > £114.00
    Puromycin Selection SV40 Ori Plasmid - pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro-SV40 Ori SbfI  > £114.00

AND THIS IS TEH JS CODE

$( document ).ready(function() {
      var text = "EMCV IRES Puromycin Expression Plasmid - pSF-CMV-EMCV-Puro  > £114.00";
      alert(text);
$("#groupsel_0 option").filter(function() {
  //may want to use $.trim in here
  return $(this).text() == text;
}).prop('selected', true);
});