jQuery change the select box value based on anchor clicked

Question

When some one clicks a link I need the select box value to change

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Answer 1

Why change the value and not select the option that has the "clicked" value?

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Script:

jQuery('a.cli').click(function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    jQuery('#month option').attr('selected', false);
    jQuery('#month option[value="' + jQuery(this).attr('href') + '"]').attr('selected', true);
});

Check it out http://jsfiddle.net/jchiotaka/uaLXU/