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I have a table with a list of names in column 1 and i'm looking to find the row index if the table contains a certain value.

What I've tried:

var nameToSearch = "Bob";
var index = $("#table-names tr").index(nameToSearch);
console.log(index);

But I just keep getting the same result "-1" indicating the value was not found. Although I know the value is in there. Am I getting something wrong?

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    Can you post the HTML for your table? Commented Jan 3, 2014 at 22:09
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    You should pass an element to the jQuery .index() method. Commented Jan 3, 2014 at 22:10

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var nameToSearch = "Bob";
var elem = $("#table-names tr:contains("+ nameToSearch +")");
var index = elem.index('#table-names tr');
console.log(index);
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perfect, many thanks. 7 minutes to accept the answer, will do it as soon as i can.
no need to pass a selector. the default is to index it in relation to its siblings..
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Try 

$("#table-names tr:contains("+nameToSearch+")").index();

or a bit more safe

$("#table-names tr")
        .filter(function(){
             return $(this).text().indexOf(nameToSearch) > -1;
        }).index();
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