Select not set to ngModel initial value

[doorman02]

Bug, feature request, or proposal:

When setting the ngModel variable in code behind onInit the selected display value is not showing.
This works in beta 5 but not anymore in beta 6

What is the expected behavior?

The select should show the display string of the ngModel value

What is the current behavior?

It does not show anything

What are the steps to reproduce?

<md-select [(ngModel)]="selectedSortBy " mdTooltip="Sort by">
              <md-option [value]="0">Latest</md-option>
              <md-option [value]="1">Highest</md-option>
              <md-option [value]="2">Lowest</md-option>
            </md-select>

and in component file onInit setting
selectedSortBy= 0;
does not display Latest

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

Select should show the databound value

Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?

Material beta.6 latest angular

Is there anything else we should know?

[julianobrasil]

That's weird, because if you set selectedSortBy='0' (string) it works in any of two ways:

<md-option value="0">Latest</md-option>

or

<md-option [value]="'0'">Latest</md-option>

But both of them fail with numbers.

[willshowell]

Looks like the offending line is here:

// _selectValue()

optionsArray.find(option => option.value && option.value === value);

A value of 0 is falsey for option.value

[vohtaski]

Any idea when it will be merged?

[robindijkhof]

Not sure if it will be usefull, but here is a pluker: https://plnkr.co/edit/UURJWRfiglafS8KkOjRt?p=preview