jQuery.. pulling a string before current element

Question

HTML..

<div class="row">
   <div>
      <b>Title A</b> <a href="#">Link 1</a> <a href="#">Link 2</a>
   </div>
   Content A
</div>
<div class="row">
   <div>
      <b>Title B</b> <a href="#">Link 1</a> <a href="#">Link 2</a>
   </div>
   Content B
</div>
<div class="row">
   <div>
      <b>Title C</b> <a href="#">Link 1</a> <a href="#">Link 2</a>
   </div>
   Content C
</div>

jQuery..

So far my JS adds a "Link 3" link after each "Link 2"..

$("a:contains('Link 2')").each(function(){
   $(this).after(' <a href="#">Link 3</a>');
});

For each item in the loop how would I access the title.

$("a:contains('Link 2')").each(function(){
   // I need to find the title string for each row. So is there a way to find elements before the $(this) identifier?
   $(this).after(' <a href="#">Link 3</a>');
});

Answer 1

You can get the previous sibling by using the .prev() method. You can do that, or you can get the links .parent(), and then .find() the first <b> tag.

<p>Something Here</p> <!-- This becomes red -->
<p class="pickme">Hello World</p>

$(document).ready(function(){
  $(".pickme").prev().css("color","red");
});

or

<p>Something Here</p> <!-- this becomes green -->
<p class="pickme">Hello World</p>

$(document).ready(function(){
  $(".pickme").parent().find("p:first").css("color", "green");
});

Answer 2

If you add a class, such as "rowTitle" to all of your bold tags that are wrapping your titles, you should be able to do:

$("a:contains('Link 2')").each(function(){
   $(this).parent().find(".rowTitle").html
});

Or something fairly similar. The jQuery Docs are fairly comprehensive, and a quick search there should help you find what you're looking for.

I'm not a jQuery expert, but I believe that's fairly close to working. Perhaps someone a bit more versed in the matter could elaborate on my answer (as I wouldn't mind learning as well).