How to SELECT a dropdown list item by value programmatically

Question

How to SELECT a drop down list item by value programatically in C#.NET?

Answer 1

Ian Boyd (above) had a great answer -- Add this to Ian Boyd's class "WebExtensions" to select an item in a dropdownlist based on text:

/// 

/// Selects the item in the list control that contains the specified text, if it exists.
/// 
/// 
/// The text of the item in the list control to select
/// Returns true if the value exists in the list control, false otherwise
public static Boolean SetSelectedText(this DropDownList dropDownList, String selectedText)
{
    ListItem selectedListItem = dropDownList.Items.FindByText(selectedText);
    if (selectedListItem != null)
    {
        selectedListItem.Selected = true;
        return true;
    }
    else
        return false;
}

To call it:

WebExtensions.SetSelectedText(MyDropDownList, "MyValue");