Q:

Selecting value in dropdown as default

Hi I am trying to select on load a certain option from dropdown to show as selected option(blue background).
My jquery code is 
$(document).ready(function () {
   //ddLiss it he id of the dropdown
   //North Side is one of the options that i need selected on document load. 
  $("#ddList").select("North Side");
});

When i run this in code, I get the drop down with all values but "North Side" doesn't show as selected one. Please let me know how I can fix it. Thanks 

A:

Based on value:
$('#ddList').val('North Side');

BY text:
$("#ddList option").each(function() {
if($(this).text() == "North Side") {
  $(this).attr('selected', 'selected');            
  }                        
});

