javascript and select box

[project3]

I am trying to figure this out now for a bit and its driving me nuts.

I have values in a database that are for a select box they are not in a certain order so .listindex is out of the order. I know the value of the select box and send that to my function. how can i change the selected on without listindex.

like i know the right value is abc

<option SELECTED value="abc">abc</select>
<option value="def">def</select>

see what i want to do is be able to change the selected from one to the other with a function without using listindex as i know how to do that already. and i can't use a if statement on values like abc as they could change if the database values change.

 

[dwarfthrower]

function setSelectToValue(objSelect, strValue){
 for(var i = 0; i < objSelect.options.length; i++){
  if(objSelect.options[i].value == strValue){
   objSelect.options[i].selected = true;
   break;
  }
 }
}

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