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Hello,
  I´m triying to set a multiple select with value coming from a database and I can´t find the rigth way to do it. What I´m trying to do is :

         var valoresArea=VALUES // it has the multiple values to set, separated by comma
         valoresArea=valoresArea.replace(',','","');
         valoresArea='"' + valoresArea + '"';
         var arrayArea = valoresArea.split(','); //arrayArea[0]="ItemtoSelect1";arrayArea[1]="ItemtoSelect2"
         $('#area').val(arrayArea);

But this does not work.  However if I set the values manually, I mean

   $('#area').val(["ItemtoSelect1","ItemtoSelect2"]);

It works!!!!!!

What can I do to make it worksss???

Thank you!