JQuery Bootstrap Multiselect plugin - Set a value as selected in the multiselect dropdown

Question

I am having a multiselect dropdown using the Boostrap Multiselect plugin (http://davidstutz.de/bootstrap-multiselect/) as below

<select id="data" name="data" class="data" multiple="multiple">
  <option value="100">foo</option>
  <option value="101">bar</option>
  <option value="102">bat</option>
  <option value="103">baz</option>
</select>

On load of page, i will get an array of value like [101,102]. I should iterate through the array and make the values selected(check boxes corresponding to the ids should be checked). Please help.

Answer 1

//Do it simple

var data="1,2,3,4";

//Make an array

var dataarray=data.split(",");

// Set the value

$("#multiselectbox").val(dataarray);

// Then refresh

$("#multiselectbox").multiselect("refresh");