Below is the function that I am using in jquery

function addlnkfieldmkAndyr()
{
    var mymke =  $('h3:contains("Make")');
    var mymkeVal= $('h3:contains("Make")').closest("td").next();

    var myyr=  $('h3:contains("Year")');
    var myyrVal= $('h3:contains("Year")').closest("td").next();
}

The problem that is there is another field with the name as MakeandYear , so mymkeVal and myyrVal are getting the values from MakeandYear instead of just Make.

I would like to say

string.Contains("Make") && !string.Contains("MakeandYear). 

How do I do that in jquery , please help!

Below is the function that I am using in jquery

function addlnkfieldmkAndyr()
{
    var mymke =  $('h3:contains("Make")');
    var mymkeVal= $('h3:contains("Make")').closest("td").next();

    var myyr=  $('h3:contains("Year")');
    var myyrVal= $('h3:contains("Year")').closest("td").next();
}

The problem that is there is another field with the name as MakeandYear , so mymkeVal and myyrVal are getting the values from MakeandYear instead of just Make.

I would like to say

string.Contains("Make") && !string.Contains("MakeandYear). 

How do I do that in jquery , please help!

• javascript
• jquery
• asp

5 Answers 5

Use .not , like $("div").not(":contains('Test')") ...

See: http://jqapi./#p=not

Andrey pointed to the .not function, which is a perfectly good answer. You can also use the :not selector, in bination with :contains (live example):

var mymke =  $('h3:contains("Make"):not(:contains("MakeAndYear"))');

The advantage of :not (the selector) over .not (the function) is that you don't add unnecessary elements to the jQuery object and then remove them. Does it matter? Almost certainly not, and be careful making any performance assumptions, although I think your use of :contains means throwing :not in won't do any harm. You'd have to have a truly enormous number of h3s for it to matter either way.

You'll want to end up with something like this. (I'm not sure what it would look like if you tried to do the whole thing inside the string.)

var mymke = $('h3:contains("Make")').not(':contains("MakeandYear")');
var mymkeVal = mymke.closest("td").next();

You can append :not(contains("and")) to your selectors. E.g.:

var mymke =  $('h3:contains("Make"):not(contains("and"))');
var mymkeVal= mymke.closest("td").next();
var myyr=  $('h3:contains("Year"):not(contains("and"))');
var myyrVal= myyr.closest("td").next();

But you should consider if there's a more exact way to identify the nodes you need than contains(). If you can control the output, you should mark the row with a class, or even include the Val in a data- attribute.

How about $('h3:contains("Make")').not(':contains("MakeAndYear")')