Set default value to dropdown list after filling data

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HI i'm facing a problem i want to bind the data to dropdown in document.ready function then i want to set a value to the dropdown to highlite the selected value.
 
Data is binding but im not able to set a value as a selected value.

Here is the link for example :  
 
https://plnkr.co/edit/ndDtRL?p=preview

What I have tried:

$(document).ready(function () {
fillDropdown();
$('#sel').val('005');// I want to set here this way
});
 
function fillDropdown()
{
var url = "sample.json";
$.getJSON(url, function (data) {
$.each(data, function (index, value) {
// APPEND OR INSERT DATA TO SELECT ELEMENT.
$('#sel').append('<option value="' + value.ID + '">' + value.Name + '</option>');
});
//$('#sel').val('005'); /// I  do not want to set here 
});
}

Posted 12-Jun-19 18:02pm

Anilananda

Updated 12-Jun-19 19:59pm

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Nirav Prabtani 13-Jun-19 1:33am

//$('#sel').val('005'); /// I do not want to set here

then where do you want to set it ?

Anilananda 13-Jun-19 1:36am

where i'm calling the function
===============

$(document).ready(function () {
fillDropdown();
$('#sel').val('005');// I want to set here this way
});

Nirav Prabtani 13-Jun-19 2:29am

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**Nirav Prabtani** · Answer 1 · 2019-06-12T19:59:00

You can do something like this.

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
fillDropdown('005');
});