Clear dropdown selection on radio button click

Question

I have a set of radio buttons. When primary is selected, the Primary Company field is hidden. I would also like to at this time clear the drop down selection. How can I do this?

<p>
        <label>Company Type:</label>
        <label for="primary"><input onclick="javascript: $('#sec').hide('slow');" type="radio" runat="server" name="companyType" id="primary" checked />Primary</label>
        <label for="secondary"><input onclick="javascript: $('#sec').show('slow');" type="radio" runat="server" name="companyType" id="secondary" />Secondary</label>
        <div id="sec">
        <label for="primary_company">Primary Company:</label>
            <%= Html.DropDownList("primary_company", Model.SelectPrimaryCompanies, "** Select Primary Company **") %>
        </div>

    </p>

Answer 1

You can clear the selection (that is, select the first option) like so:

$("#primary_company").find('option:first')
                     .attr('selected','selected');

Answer 2

To clear the selection completely (so that not even the first element is selected) you could use:

$('#primary_company').attr('selectedIndex', '-1'); 

If #primary_company is a multiple select box you could use:

$('#primary_company option').attr('selected', false);

Answer 3

$("#primary_company").find('[selected]').removeAttr("selected");