Question

I have code something like this

<div id="abc"></div>
<div id="abc2"></div>
    <div id="abc3"></div>
<div id="abc4"></div>
    <div id="abc5"></div>

I want to select all div except div with id abc4 & abc using :not

My attempt:

$('div :not("#abc","#abc4")').hover(function(){...}) 

Answer 1

See the difference for yourself –

​$('div:not("#abc, #abc4")').css('border', '1px solid #f00'); // I suggest​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

$('div:not("#abc", "#abc4")').hover(function(){...}) // Yours

you are adding extra double quotes which is not necessary

Demo