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Asked: 2026-05-17T23:52:59+00:00

I’m trying to select a table cell which contains specific text but couldn’t find

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I’m trying to select a table cell which contains specific text but couldn’t find out yet how it works:
I’m having this code – but doesn’t work:

var td = $("td:contains('MyCell')",tbl);

Any ideas what’s wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The example code below worked for me. Hope it helps….

     <script type="text/javascript">
function getCell( cell )
{
    var cell || '';
    var result = $('tr').find('td:contains('+cell+')');

    alert( $(result).text() );
}


     <body onload="javascript:getCell('cell 4');">

 <table width="30" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
    <td>cell 1</td>
    <td>cell 2</td>
    <td>cell 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>cell 4</td>
    <td>cell 5</td>
    <td>cell 6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>cell 7</td>
    <td>cell 8</td>
    <td>cell 9</td>
</tr>
 </table>


 </body>
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