Question

I have two descriptions containing the text SUM, but one that is bold (SUM and one that is not (SUM)). I want to get the td:eq(5) that has a description containing SUM without the b-tag.

The HTML is dynamically generated so I cant put any ID’s, classes and so.

This is my code (it gives me green background on both sum fields):

$('#someTable tr').each(function () {
    var tr = $('#someId').closest('tr');
    var tdSum = $(tr).find('td:contains("SUM")');

    $(tdSum).closest('tr').find('td:eq(5)').css('background-color', 'green');
});

I hope you understand what I am trying to do.

Answer 1

First of all, the tr is already available as the current loop item. To select the td which contains the text SUM but does not contain the b tag, use selector below as indicated. Then apply the formatting:

$('#someTable tr').each(function () {            
    var tr = $(this);
    var tdSum = $(tr).find('td:contains("SUM"):not(:has(b))').css('background-color', 'green');         
});