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:
$("label").not(":contains(' ')")
~Sean
On 9/4/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
> I'm specifically looking for help on these:
> not()
> filter()
> is()
>
> 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:
>
> $('label').html().not(' ');
>
> 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.
>
>
