Andy,
I'm not selector expert (yet), but this worked for me:
var $l = $('label').filter(function() {
return $(this).html() != " ";
});
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HLS
On Sep 4, 10:11 am, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hrm...
>
> That didn't seem to work. Using this HTML:
>
> <label>A</label>
> <label>N</label>
> <label> </label>
> <label>D</label>
> <label>Y</label>
>
> With this jQuery, I got alerts on each label:
>
> $('label').not(":contains(' ')").each(function(){
> var html = $(this).html();
> alert(html);
>
> });
>
> _____
>
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Sean Catchpole
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:37 AM
> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [jQuery] Re: Request: Quick tutorial on jQuery filtering/limiting
> methods
>
> 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.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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.
