How to select ubuntu from the following drop down box

<select><option value=""></option>
   <option value="" selected="selected">Select Image</option>
   <option value="3f2cb990-cd0e-4bfa-a23e-54701498a2e5" data-volume_size="2">ubuntu-12.04-server-cloudimg-amd64 (1.4 GB)</option>
</select>

I tried the following still this doesnt work

$('#id_image_id').find('option:contains("Ubuntu"):contains("12.04")').prop('selected',true) || $('#id_image_id').find('option:contains("ubuntu"):contains("12.04")').prop('selected',true);

Try this:

$("select").val("3f2cb990-cd0e-4bfa-a23e-54701498a2e5");

or

$('select option[value="3f2cb990-cd0e-4bfa-a23e-54701498a2e5"]').attr('selected','selected');

To get By text: that contains ubuntu

 $('select').find('option:contains("ubuntu")').prop('selected', true);

To get that contents ubuntu as well as 12.04

 $('select').find('option:contains("ubuntu"):contains("12.04")').prop('selected', true);

Working Demo

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