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

Use this...

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string t = "test";
    drpFunction.SelectedItem.Text = t;
}

or

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string t = "test";
    drpFunction.SelectedItem.Value = t;
}

this is proper way.......

Answer 2

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

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