Set selection item for listbox

I want to search a listbox for a term and set the selection to that term:

listbox .l -listvariable foo
pack .l

set foo "John"

set listitem [list John Paul George Ringo]

foreach item $listitem {
.l insert end $item
}

..l selection set [lindex [lsearch -inline [.l get 0 end] "John"]]

This code returns this error:

Error in startup script: bad listbox index "John": must be active,
anchor, end, @x,y, or a number
while executing
".l selection set [lindex [lsearch -inline [.l get 0 end] "John"]]"

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com
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