code: def select_by_visible_text(self, text):
          
          xpath = './/option[normalize-space(.) = {0}]'.format(self._escape_string(text))
          opts = self.find_elements_by_xpath(xpath)
          matched = False
          for opt in opts:
              self._set_selected(opt)
              if not self.is_multiple:
                  return
              matched = True
          # in case the target option isn't found by xpath
          # attempt to find it by direct comparison among options which contain at least the longest token from the text
          if len(opts) == 0 and ' ' in text:
              sub_string_without_space = self._get_longest_token(text)
              if sub_string_without_space == "":
                  candidates = self.get_options()
              else:
                  xpath = ".//option[contains(.,{0})]".format(self._escape_string(sub_string_without_space))
                  candidates = self.find_elements_by_xpath(xpath)
              for candidate in candidates:
                  if text == candidate.text:
                      self._set_selected(candidate)
                      if not self.is_multiple:
                          return
                      matched = True
          if not matched:
              raise NoSuchElementException("Could not locate element with visible text: " + str(text))
docs: Performs search of selected item from Web List
  
          @params text - string visible text