Something like this might work...not tested.
$(this).is(":contains(matchingText)")Glen On Dec 12, 2007 4:55 PM, Van <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The contains selector works fine with tags (a:contains()) etc. but > doesn't seem to work with $(this). What is the best way to use > contains with "this"?? > > here is my scenario: > var matchingText = "Text2"; > > <ul class="list"> > <li><a href="#">Text1</a></li> > <li><a href="#">Text2</a></li> > </ul> > > I want to see if the text in matchingText matches text in any of the > anchor tags. My goal is to add a class to the anchor tag that has > matching text and would like to use the ul.list selector to run > through each of the n amount of anchor tags (descendants of ul class > "list") > > I've tried selecting them in-line, or with a .each() loop and each > time I cant seem to match using jQuery syntax... > > Thanks for the help. >
