Question

I want to select all rows in a table but exclude some columns, it is also not possible to assign classnames in this case.

what i have now is this:

http://jsbin.com/ibulej/5/edit

which works for one column.

I will use that later for a inline-table search for different tables, where i have to exclude some columns.

whats the best way to accomplish this task?

Answer 1

You can use the following code to exclude columns from selection which uses a combination of $.filter and $.index to accomplish the task

 var cols = [2,3,4];


  $("#button").click(function() {
      var jo = $("#tableid tr").find('td').filter(function(i){
         if($.inArray($(this).index()+1,cols) != -1)
             return false;
          else 
              return true;
       });


    jo.css("background-color","red");


  });

Build your exclude list in cols array and those will be excluded from selection.

Reference: $.index $.filter

Working Fiddle

I am not sure if this is the best way, but it works for what you need.