How to set the default value of dropdown-menu base on URL param?

Question

I have a URL with url param userId

http://localhost:8080/assignment?userId=s-00589

I have a dropdown-menu

I can access the url param and get that userId.

Now I'm wondering how do I use that userId to set my default dropdown-menu to that one.The one with the value="s-00589"

Any helps / suggestions will be much appreciated.

[query string](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/901115/how-can-i-get-query-string-values-in-javascript) and [select set value](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13343566/set-select-option-selected-by-value) — epascarello, Jul 21 '15 at 00:54
@charlietfl: Please do not mark my question as duplicate. I'm not asking how to grab the url params. I'm asking how would I use that to the default value to my dropdown-menu. — code-8, Jul 21 '15 at 00:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '15 at 00:56

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Should literally be as simple as:

$('#rn-dd').val(userId_from_url);

answered Jul 21 '15 at 00:56

Ben Fried

Hey man, at least you got my point. The reward will be your man. – code-8 Jul 21 '15 at 00:58
Thanks, glad to help :) – Ben Fried Jul 21 '15 at 00:59
Will accept your answer as soon as I can. – code-8 Jul 21 '15 at 01:00

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