Question

If I have the following vars

var $headers = $("#myTbl th").not(":first");

var $this = $(this);

How do I match $this.text();
to the text within title tag inside th?

<th title="match this title">value</th>

This does not seem to work:

$headers.filter(":contains(" + $this.text() + ")");

Answer 1

var title = $("#myTbl th").not(":first").attr("title");
var $headers = $("#myTbl th[title='"+title+"']");

something like that should do it