change/modify the dropdownlist text by value using jquery

Question

i have dropdownlist with the values:

<select id="myddl" name="myddl">
  <option value="1">One</option>
  <option value="2">Twooo</option>
  <option value="3">Three</option>
</select>

I need to change the text Twooo to Two using the value of the dropdownlist option(2). How can i do it in jquery?

Answer 1

$('#myddl option[value=2]').text('Two');

Answer 2

var myDLLField = $('select[id="myddl"]');
myDLLField.find('option[value="2"]').text("Two");   

or, in one line...

$('select[id="myddl"]').find('option[value="2"]').text("Two");