Question

How would I access the div with a text node of 2?

<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
  alert($('.content').length);

  $('.content').click(function(e) {
// ...
  })
});
</script>

<div class='content'>1</div>

<div class='content'>2</div>

<div class='content'>3</div>

<div class='content'>4</div>

Answer 1

Depends on whether that’s your only HTML or not. If your items only contain single digits, contains will work. If not, you’ll need to filter based on the content.

$('.content').filter( function() { return $(this).text() == '2'; } )
             ...

On the other hand if you just want the second element, regardless of content, you can use eq().

$('.content').eq(2)
             ...