How do you select a particular option in a SELECT element in jQuery?

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If you know the Index, Value or Text. also if you don\'t have an ID for a direct reference.

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Answer 1

Answering my own question for documentation. I'm sure there are other ways to accomplish this, but this works and this code is tested.

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            Selection 1
            Selection 2