:not(tr[id^="review"])
that says: trs which do NOT contain an id that does NOT equal
"review". in other words, TRs which DO contain the word "review" in
it's id.
You want "not contains" instead: $('#replies tr[id^=r]:not
([id*=review])');
cheers,
- ricardo
On Mar 9, 1:55 am, Yansky <forbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to get all table rows on a page that have an id that starts
> with the letter "r", but not any table rows that have id's which contain the
> word "review".
>
> I've tried to use the :not() method, but I don't think I'm using it
> correctly as it doesn't seem to be filtering out table rows that have id's
> which contain the word "review".
>
> My attempt:
> $('#replies tr[id^="r"]:not(tr[id^="review"])');
>
> I've figured out how to do it with regular xpath, but I'm not sure how to
> convert that to a jQuery selector statement.
>
> var mems = document.evaluate( '//tr[contains(@id, "r")][ not(contains(@id,
> "review") )]' ,document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null
> );
>
> for (var l = 0; l < mems.snapshotLength; l++){
>
> console.log(mems.snapshotItem(l));
>
> }
>
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