Question

Is there a method in jQuery to count across multiple table head classes
( <th class="entity7">Machine Names</th> tag) until a table head with the value “Machine Names” is found? “Machine Names” is the value in the particular table head cell I need to count to. This will allow me to know which number column I want to work with.

Answer 1

You can use filter() for this:

var $th = $("#myTable th").filter(function() {
    return $(this).text() == "Machine Names";
});
var columnNumber = $th.index();