CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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SuperioREX
SuperioREX

Reputation: 257

Jquery filter() doesn't work with class

I am a newbie web developer. I am stuck in somewhere and I need your help. I have a filter() which works perfectly fine when I use it with an ID selector such as ('#test'). But when I try to pick the same element with it's class like ('.locate'), It doesn't work. By the way, $(result) comes from another html file via AJAX.

HTML:

<h1 id="test" class="locate">About Me</h1>

JS:

var outcome=$(result).filter('#test'); //It works
var outcome=$(result).filter('.locate'); //It doesn't

EDIT: Just now, I realized if it is a string that I give in html() or text(), it works. But if it is the variable itself,it doesn't. Here, jsfiddle.net/3UeSK/2

Upvotes: 0

Views: 993

Answers (1)

devlife
devlife

Reputation: 16145

I think @PedroEstrada is right. You can see the working example here:

http://jsfiddle.net/3UeSK/1/

<h1 id="test" class="locate">About Me</h1>
<h2 id="result"></h2>

var result = $("h1");
var outcome = $(result).filter('.locate');
if(outcome.length > 0){
    $("#result").text("found it");
} else {
    $("#result").text("didn't find it");
}

Upvotes: 1

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