Find text within multiple elements jquery

Question

First, this is probably a duplicate. Just couldn't find any answers that worked for me.

I have a block of elements like this

<a id="folder" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    img
</a>

is there any way for jquery (or just js) to find the text inside there? I'd like it to return 'img' when given that setup.

Thanks in advance, Michael

Go into Developer Tools. Click on the element. At the bottom of the elements window it will display the full selector for the element. — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented May 26, 2016 at 23:42

Barmar · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-26 23:45:07Z

2

It's simply $("#folder").text()

answered May 26, 2016 at 23:45

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mcky Over a year ago

Thanks for the help, I dont know how i didnt see this in the first place lol

cssyphus · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-26 23:46:28Z

Let us know what else you want to do with this.

var all = $('a').text();
alert(all);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<a id="folder1" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    img
</a>
<a id="folder2" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    van
</a>
<a id="folder3" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    project
</a>
<a id="folder4" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    fun
</a>
<a id="folder5" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    picnic
</a>
<a id="folder6" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    car
</a>
<a id="folder7" href="http://example.com/update.php?dir=%2Fexample%2Fimg">
    <i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i>
    wagon
</a>

Ovais Reza · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-27 00:03:39Z

0

You can use string search() method.

var str = "This is test"; str.search("is")

will return you, first match of the regular expression inside the string, in this case 2.

Checkout

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/search

answered May 27, 2016 at 0:03

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Ovais Reza Over a year ago

You can combine with $(element).text();

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