The logic for specified option values was already handled by .val(), removed the...

diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index 794da70..d3afa89 100644 (file)
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -171,9 +171,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
                                var values = jQuery.makeArray(val);
 
                                jQuery( "option", this ).each(function() {
-                                       // IE 6 will return "" for the value if one isn't specified, instead of the text
-                                       var node = this.getAttributeNode("value");
-                                       this.selected = jQuery.inArray( node && node.specified ? node.value : this.value || this.text, values ) >= 0;
+                                       this.selected = jQuery.inArray( jQuery(this).val(), values ) >= 0;
                                });
 
                                if ( !values.length ) {