How can i set selected item property from the list using code behind?

Question

div id="Div1" class="myTeams">
     <div class="listTitle">My Teams</div>
    <div id="myTeams">
        <select id="myGroupList" name="myGroupList" onchange="reloadMYUser('myIntContacts');" size="10" />
<option value="abc_group"  selected >abc</option>
<option value="def_group" >def</option>
<option value="ghi_group" >ghi</option>
<option value="jkl_group" >jki</option>
 </select>

    </div>

i would like to search any group from the above list if it finds my group it should apply selected property for that list item. how can i do this from the codebehind?

Answer 1

You can do something like this,

ListItem listItem = myGroupList.Items.FindByValue("def_group");

if (listItem != null)
{
    listItem.Selected = true;
};

You can modify it to pass a variable in first line, in place of "def_group".