AngularJS + Protractor How to select Dropdown option based on its text not value -

i want click on item it's text , not it's value dropdown box.

i found great post : https://coderwall.com/p/tjx5zg doesn't work expected, search continue forever after match found , not clicking item,

if have better example (a working one) or can fix code , make work,

i apperciate.

this code dan haller post used (all rights reserved him)

function selectoption(selector, item){     var selectlist, desiredoption;      selectlist = this.findelement(selector);     selectlist.click();      selectlist.findelements(protractor.by.tagname('option'))         .then(function findmatchingoption(options){             options.some(function(option){                 option.gettext().then(function doesoptionmatch(text){                     if (item === text){                         desiredoption = option;                         return true;                     }                 });             });         })         .then(function clickoption(){             if (desiredoption){                 desiredoption.click();             }         });     } 

this select item function can use this:

var browser = protractor.getinstance(); browser.selectoption = selectoption.bind(browser); browser.selectoption(protractor.by.id('my-dropdown'), 'my value'); 

this function selects 3rd option of select box.

function selectdropdownbynumber(element, index, milliseconds) {     element.findelements(by.tagname('option'))       .then(function(options) {         options[index].click();       });     if (typeof milliseconds !== 'undefined') {       browser.sleep(milliseconds);    } } var myselect = $('#my-dropdown'); selectdropdownbynumber(myselect, 2); 

more info can found here - http://qainsight.blogspot.fr/2014/04/select-dropdown-value-in-protractor-js.html