how to select with DropDownList.text

Question

I am working on an Asp.NET project and I am trying to set the selected value of a dropdown list with a text property. For example i have i.e an item in the dropdown list wit

Answer 1

Setting the itm.Selected = true; only works if you drp.ClearSelection() first. I prefer the following:

drpFunction.SelectedValue = drpFunction.Items.FindByText(t).Value;