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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script class="jsbin" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
<!--[if IE]>
  <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<style>
  article, aside, figure, footer, header, hgroup, 
  menu, nav, section { display: block; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
 <select id="myList">
   <option value="test">1</option>
   <option value="other">2</option>
   <option value="xxx">3</option>
   <option value="New South Wales">4</option>
  </select>
</body>
</html>
 
val = 'xxx';
alert($('#myList option[value*='+val+']').text());
$('#myList option[value*='+val+']').attr('selected','selected');
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