[javascript] Set the default value in dropdownlist using jQuery

I have many options in my dropdownlist like:

<option value="1">it's me</option>

I need to select the option who have value it's me inside the tag, not by attribute like 1.

How can I do this using jQuery?

$("#dropdownList option[text='it\'s me']").attr("selected","selected"); 

You can just do this:

$('#myCombobox').val(1)

val() should handle both cases

  <option value="1">it's me</option>      


$('select').val('1'); // selects "it's me"

$('select').val("it's me"); // also selects "it's me"

jQuery("select#cboDays option[value='Wednesday']").attr("selected", "selected");

$('#userZipFiles option').prop('selected', function() {
        return this.defaultSelected;
    });     

One line of jQuery does it all!

$("#myCombobox option[text='it\'s me']").attr("selected","selected"); 

This is working fine:

$('#country').val($("#country option:contains('It\'s Me')").val());