selecting option in a <select> using JQuery
<p>How do you use JQuery to make an option in a  object selected?  Here is my  :</p>

<pre><code>    &lt;select id='ddlMeter'&gt;
&lt;option value='#ff3333' style='background-color:#ff3333; color:#ff3333'&gt;red&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value='#ffee44' style='background-color:#ffee44; color:#ffee44'&gt;amber&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value='#33ee66' style='background-color:#33ee66; color:#33ee66'&gt;green&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value='#333333' style='background-color:#333333; color:#333333'&gt;black&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;/select&gt;
</code></pre>
