Question

If I have a container div called #container which has a bunch of .inside divs in it, how would I go about checking whether a certain .inside div with a specified content (just a string of English text) exists or not? I’m doing this to prevent duplicates in a notification system I’m setting up for a website. I don’t need the actual text – just whether it exists. Also, being able to modify the content of the .inside div if it’s found would be good, so I can increment and show the number of times that message has occurred (grouping, if you like).

Thanks,

James

Answer 1

To check existence

$("#container .inside:contains('old text')").size() > 0

To modify the text

$("#container .inside:contains('old text')").text('new text');