Is jquery ":contains" selector accepts this kind of value "Banking and Finance"?

Question

Hello guys,

I'm having problem with the contains in jquery. It seems that it only accepts one word. Not a phrase or two words.

Example:

$('#div:contains('Word')'); --> This is okay

$('#div:contains('Just another word')'); --> This will return empty/this will not match.

Have you experience this kind of problem?

Your reply is greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Belmer

Answer 1

What you need, is to use double quotes (instead those single quotes wrapping the whole selector), for example:

$("p:contains('John Resig')");

this will select the correct paragraph, with string 'John Resig' inside

or you can inverse it:

$('p:contains("John Resig")');

or you can use an old good escaping:

$('p:contains(\'John Resig\')');

Answer 2

Try it without the # and avoid using the same quoting within the code:-

$("div:contains('Just another word')");