How can I check for a specific character in a element?
<div>N0180/RIB</div>
<div>N0180918</div>
<div>N0180</div>
**(I want to target <div>N0180</div> this element)**
I tried to use :contains("N0180") and .substring method. But it is target all three elements.
As per :contains() Doc:
The matching text can appear directly within the selected element, in any of that element's descendants, or a combination thereof. As with attribute value selectors, text inside the parentheses of :contains() can be written as a bare word or surrounded by quotation marks. The text must have matching case to be selected.
You can rather use .filter() for more specific comparison :
$('div').filter(function(){
return $(this).text().trim() === "N0180";
})
method in the docs.. the .filter() method constructs a new jQuery object from a subset of the matching elements.For exact match use .filter()
$('div').filter(function(){
return $(this).text().trim() == "N0180";
})
Note: For case-insensitive search convert the values to same cases using toLowerCase() or .toUpperCase()
$('div').each(function() {
if ($(this).text() === 'N0180') {
$(this).addClass('red')
}
}).red {
color: red
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>N0180/RIB</div>
<div>N0180918</div>
<div>N0180</div>You can get the .text() of div and compare to your text
