:contains for multiple words

Question

I am using the following jQuery

var etag = \'kate\'
if (etag.length > 0) {
    $(\'div\').each(function () {
        $(this).find(\'ul:not(:contains(\' +         


        

Answer 1

A slightly different approach - try this:

    var etag='kate test blah';

    var tags = etag.split(' ');
    $('div ul').each(function () {
      var list = $(this);
      list.hide();
      list.children('li').each(function() {
        var item = $(this);
        if ($.inArray(item.html(), tags) >= 0) list.show();
      });
    });

Written in the browser, so sorry if there are any bugs!

-- edit --

Actually, I reread the question, and that code won't work. You need to define the behaviour more first - does the list have to contain all of the tags, or just one of the tags to be shown?

-- edit 2 --

Code updated. Kind of inefficient, but it should do the job.