jQuery Select By Content Pattern

Question

I need to select all paragraphs within a < div > that have a pattern matching time stamps formatting like:

<p>[22:48]</p>

or

<p>[22:48 - Subject Line]</p>

How can this be done with jQuery?

UPDATE

Valid formats for times:

1:24
24:59
1:24:01

Invalid formats for times:

24:70 [70 is not possible]
56:123 [last segment must have 2 digits from 00 - 59]

gdoron · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-30 12:19:21Z

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$('div p').filter(function(){
    return $(this).text().match(/\[\d{2}:\d{2}.*\]/);
});

Update:

use this regex:

/^\[\d*:?[0-6]?[0-9]:[0-6][0-9]\D?.*\]$/

answered May 30, 2012 at 10:47

gdoron

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3 Comments

the last segment of the time code must be 2 digits but any others do not have to be

@phirschybar. Can you show more examples of valid and invalid  ?

@phirschybar. I updated. Next time give the options in  ... format.