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How can this be combined so that the &quot;not&quot; is combined with the first element selector?<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28136331-1">$('a[href]').not('[href^=&quot;http&quot;],[href^=&quot;mailto:&quot;],[href^=&quot;/&quot;],[href^=&quot;.&quot;],[href^=&quot;#&quot;]').each(function(ev) { });</code></pre>
This does not work:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28136331-2">$('a[href]:not([href^=&quot;http&quot;],[href^=&quot;mailto:&quot;],[href^=&quot;/&quot;],[href^=&quot;.&quot;],[href^=&quot;#&quot;])').each(function(ev) {});</code></pre>
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How can this be combined so that the "not" is combined with the first element selector?

(CODE)This does not work:

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jQuery: Combine Not into First Element Selector

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