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pghtech

I have some dynamic content that gets published in a <span> of ID "giftopt". There can be any number of these <span> tags with ID = "giftopt". Is there a way with jQuery to check the text in ALL the <span></span> tags with ID = "giftopt" until it finds the word I am looking for or doesn't at all?

I would like to write a conditional statement that:



<script type=\"text/javascript\">
jQuery.noConflict();
	jQuery(document).ready(function(){
	   	 jQuery(\".warning\").hide()

	var giftopt = jQuery(\"#giftopt\").text();
		if (giftopt == 'Someone Else') {
			jQuery(\".warning\").show('slow');
		}

});

</script>

My inital test seems that it will check until it comes to the first class with ID "giftopt", but it is highly likely that the first one won't have the text I am looking forward and I need it to continue to see if there is any other classes with ID = "giftopt".

Any help?

chriscoyier

ID's are UNIQUE, especially when it comes to JavaScript. You'll need to use a CLASS name of "giftopt" if there are going to multiples on the page that you need to target all as a group.

pghtech

Thats fine.

So I use a class...

How do I parse them all to see if any of them contain a certain text?

pghtech

No one knows how?

pab

to see if a span contains something you can check with a $('span:contains(the word you are looking for)')

a simple example would be

$(document).ready(function() {

$('span:contains(the word you are looking for)').do what you want from here('');

});

pghtech

Thanks Pab.

Is this going to check "ALL" Span's" tags on the page or just the first one it finds as in my experience (my the cord I included)?

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