select multiple value in select html code example

Example 1: html select multiple

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/harvesthq/chosen/gh-pages/chosen.jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdn.rawgit.com/harvesthq/chosen/gh-pages/chosen.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<form action="http://httpbin.org/post" method="post">
  <select data-placeholder="Begin typing a name to filter..." multiple class="chosen-select" name="test">
    <option value=""></option>
    <option>American Black Bear</option>
    <option>Asiatic Black Bear</option>
    <option>Brown Bear</option>
    <option>Giant Panda</option>
    <option>Sloth Bear</option>
    <option>Sun Bear</option>
    <option>Polar Bear</option>
    <option>Spectacled Bear</option>
  </select>
  <input type="submit">
</form>

Example 2: select 2 select a value

SELECT2 V4 :
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For select2 v4 you can append directly an option/s as follow:

<select id="myMultipleSelect2" multiple="" name="myMultipleSelect2[]">
    <option value="TheID" selected="selected">The text</option>                                                                   
</select>

Or with JQuery:
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var $newOption = $("<option selected='selected'></option>").val("TheID")
					.text("The text")
 
$("#myMultipleSelect2").append($newOption).trigger('change');

other example :
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$("#myMultipleSelect2").val(5).trigger('change');