[jquery] How to set the 'selected option' of a select dropdown list with jquery

One thing I don't think anyone has mentioned, and a stupid mistake I've made in the past (especially when dynamically populating selects). jQuery's .val() won't work for a select input if there isn't an option with a value that matches the value supplied.

Here's a fiddle explaining -> http://jsfiddle.net/go164zmt/

<select id="example">
    <option value="0">Test0</option>
    <option value="1">Test1</option>
</select>

$("#example").val("0");
alert($("#example").val());
$("#example").val("1");
alert($("#example").val());

//doesn't exist
$("#example").val("2");
//and thus returns null
alert($("#example").val());

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