I have a select and get value from jquery and want to compare it with value in foreach if two value id is similar then active the selected value how can I do this is the foreach in blade:

I want two make a comparison in foreach loop to compare if the value of branch from jquery equal to value from foreach then selected it

<select name="branch">
    @foreach($branchs as $branch)
        <option value="{{$branch->id}}">{{$branch->title}}</option>                                              
    @endforeach
</select>

 $.ajax({
        url:getHref,
        data:{id:id},
        }).done(function(data) {
            $.each(data, function(index,employee){
                $( "input[name*='name']" ).val(employee.name );
                $( "select[name='branch']").val(employee.branch_id);
                $( "select[name='role_id']" ).val(employee.role_id);
            });
        });
    });