Select option get value by text using JQUERY [duplicate]

Answer 1

If your HTML is:

<select id="cmbOperator">
    <option value="Jane">Jane</option>
    <option value="John">John</option>
</select>

Use:

$("#cmbOperator option[value='" + name + "']").attr('selected', 'selected');

• Selects based on the value attribute.

or

$("#cmbOperator option:contains('" + name + "')").attr('selected', 'selected');

• Selects based on the text content.

If your HTML is:

<select id="cmbOperator">
    <option>Jane</option>
    <option>John</option>
</select>

Use:

$("#cmbOperator option:contains('" + name + "')").attr('selected', 'selected');

Answer 2

$("select option:contains(text)").attr('selected', true);

Here is the JSFiddle

http://jsfiddle.net/u1c21mq6/1/