Question

I have a jquery selector which looks like this:

$("#MasterListDVWP tr td:contains('" + currentSchool + "')").siblings("td:contains('Yes')").siblings("td:contains('CD'),td:contains('Other1')").each(function() {
// do something
});

Could someone help me to convert the selector so that it returns the object that matches the exact text rather than just contains?
I know this isn’t valid but something like this..siblings(“td:equals(‘CD’)”)…

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

your best bet is probably the .filter() function. Pass it a function that tests the text of the elements you’re checking

$('#MasterListDVWP tr td').filter(function(){
  return $(this).text() === currentSchool;
}).siblings('td').filter(function(){
  return $(this).text() === 'CD' || $(this).text() === 'Other1';
}).each(function(){
  // do something
});