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

Question

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

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Example markup

Answer 1

For Jquery chosen if you send the attribute to function and need to update-select option

$('#yourElement option[value="'+yourValue+'"]').attr('selected', 'selected');
$('#editLocationCity').chosen().change();
$('#editLocationCity').trigger('liszt:updated');