Add 'selected' attribute using the option value

Question

I have a select box with 10 options. Each time you select an option it sets in the localstorage the value you selected with id "select1".

For example: If you select the first option you get in the localstorage: Key: Emailclient - Value: Option1.

Now, Iom trying to make the value of the localstorage, the selected attribute in the select form.

This is what I tried but doesn't seem to work:

if (localStorage.getItem("Select1") == "Option1"){ 
    $('#selectbox').val("Option1").attr("selected");
}

What I'm I doing wrong?

EDIT:

This is my code:

<select id="selectbox" >
                        <option>Default</option>
                        <option>Option 1</option>
                        <option>Option 3</option>
                        <option>Option 3</option>
                        <option>Option 4</option>
                        <option>Option 5</option>
                        <option>Option 6</option>
        </select>

Thanks

Answer 1

This works:

var optionValue  = localStorage.getItem("Select1")
$("#selectbox").val(optionValue)
.find("option[value=" + optionValue +"]").attr('selected', true);

Answer 2

I think you might be looking for something like this. http://jsfiddle.net/tnPU8/3/

It loops through the options of the select box and compares their values with the values of b. If they are equal the index of the select box is changed so that the option that contains the value of b is displayed.

var b; //set equal to what you want to compare
$('#selectbox').find('option').each(function(i,e){
    console.log($(e).val());
    if($(e).val() == b){
        $('#selectbox').prop('selectedIndex',i);
    }
});

Edit: Using localStorage http://jsfiddle.net/tnPU8/7/