How to set a select tag option by innerHTML?

Question

My select options do not have value attribute

<select id='1'>
<option>Label1</option>
<option>Label2</option>
</select>

I know how I would set by value :

$("#1").val("whatever"); 

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How can I set an option by innerHTML ?

I tried

$("#1").html("Label1"); 

Answer 1

You would still set it with .val() :

 $("#1").val("Label2"); 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <select id='1'> <option>Label1</option> <option>Label2</option> </select>