How to get a reference to a table row with a specific value in jQuery

Question

I'm trying to highlight just one specific row in a table using jQuery. The row will have an 'active' status. I have seen plenty of examples online which show how to do zebra striping for alternate row styling. Does anyone know of a jQuery expression which will get a element based on the value of a element in a specific column?

Answer 1

check out ":contains" on http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors

Answer 2

$("td").contains("test")

or $("div:contains('John')")