jQuery if “this” contains

Question

I\'m trying to change any elements containing a particular text string to a red color. In my example I can get the child elements to become blue, but there\'s something about th

Answer 1

you can use match to find the text inside the particular element

$('#main-content-panel .entry').each(function() {
    $(this).css('color', 'blue');      
});			

$('#main-content-panel .entry').each(function() {
    if($(this).text().match('Replace Me')) {
        $(this).css('color', 'red'); 
    }      
});

    
ABC
    
ABC Replace Me
    
ABC
    
ABC Replace Me