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jquery text contain find

Hello Experts,

Here is what i am trying to do.... hopping someone will correct me :-)

TASK:

Check if the text in the second TD (table column) starts with "xyz".

var secondTd = $('td.eq(2)', $(this));
	
        if (secondTd.length == 0)
	return;
		
	   var text = secondTd.text();	
		
		if (text == "xyz") {
		//do something....................		
		} 
                 else {

                        } // do something else

                 }

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BuggyCoder

Assuming that your table is something like this:-

<table id='tblTest'>
        <tr>
            <td>abc</td>
            <td>xyz</td>
            <td>are</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

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Here is the jquery for comparison:-

$('#tblTest tr td:nth-child(2)').text() == "xyz"

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Refael

ASKER

Hi BuggyCoder,

that's wrong because you check if the entire TD text string is equal ... and i am after the beginning of the string or if its easier then i can use "contain".

Here is my code again..... if you can just tell me where the problem is:

var secondTd = $('.tdlight:eq(1)', $(this));
		
		if (secondTd.length == 0)
		return;	
			
		var text = secondTd.text();
		
		alert (text);
		
		if ($(this).text() == "2. FLOOR") {
			
		$('#ausblicke-etagen').show()
		}

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Refael

ASKER

Great, that's what i was looking for :-)