How to make a particular option selected in jquery

Question

I have written html as

<select class="ddl">
<option value="1">Apple</option>
<option value="2">Banana</option>
<option value="3">Cherry</option>
</select>

Now I want that if option is 1 then it should be selected as

<option value="1" selected="selected">Apple</option>

Please help me !!!

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13343566/set-select-option-selected-by-value — Kiruse, Aug 04 '14 at 07:25

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '14 at 07:21

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You can use the val() method to set the selected option in a select, much as you would use it to set the value attribute of a standard input element. Try this:

$('select.ddl').val('1');

answered Aug 04 '14 at 07:21

Rory McCrossan

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 04 '14 at 07:23

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$(".ddl [value=1]").prop("selected", true);

edited Aug 04 '14 at 07:23

Rajaprabhu Aravindasamy

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answered Aug 04 '14 at 07:21

Hoijof

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The closing double quote of selector is missing – Adil Aug 04 '14 at 07:22
Just added space in order to make the selector as a descendant selector – Rajaprabhu Aravindasamy Aug 04 '14 at 07:23

John Stephen · Answer 3 · 2014-08-04T07:27:42.557

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For versions 1.6 and higher you can use,

$('.ddl option:eq(1)').prop('selected', true);

For older versions you can use,

$('.ddl option:eq(1)').attr('selected', 'selected');

edited Aug 04 '14 at 07:27

answered Aug 04 '14 at 07:22

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 04 '14 at 07:22

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$('select').val(1); //To select Apple

answered Aug 04 '14 at 07:22

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How to make a particular option selected in jquery

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