Ahhhh...
I wondered if there was a way to invert the contains() method. I have
to say that's not all that intuitive...especially since you've got the
contains() in quotes inside the not().
Thank you though for posting that. Hopefully that'll spur some really
good experimentation.
On Sep 4, 8:36 am, "Sean Catchpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll try to pull out the time later to write a more thorough response, but
> for now this is how you would code than line your pasted:
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> $("label").not(":contains(' ')")
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> ~Sean
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> On 9/4/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Anyone have any input on this? Surely someone has written a tute on
> > these semi-confusing methods.
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> > I've seen some of you jQuery masters bust out with these amazing
> > chains, but I can't quite grasp how some of them are crafted. I've
> > looked through the methods and found a few that I think should work in
> > a specific instance, but then they don't. So what I'm wondering is if
> > anyone has already taken some time and writen up a quick tutorial on
> > thefiltering/limiting methods biult into jQuery.
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> > I'm specifically looking for help on these:
> > not()
> > filter()
> > is()
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> > A perfect example is a situation I had earlier today. I have a series
> > of tags, some of which contain real values, the others containing an
> > . I thought I could just use not() and remove the items which
> > did not have an like so:
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> > $('label').html().not(' ');
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> > But that didn't work. So I'm wanting to learn HOW I can do this sort
> > of thing and a tutorial on these methods would help immensely.- Hide quoted
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