jQuery :contains(regex)?

Question

Is it possible to have a jQuery selector where the :contains() is a regular expression?

I need to select an element where the innerHTML contains something findable through regex?

I know it's a short question. My apologies.

var t = $("#id a:containsRegex("/[0-9]/g")"); // Doesn't work

Solution

Try ,

var regex = new RegExp("[0-9]"); // expression here

$("#id a").filter(function () {
    return regex.test($(this).text()); 
});

Comments

[zerkms]

Use .filter()

[Tomalak]

@Pilot using innerText is wrong. Use $(this).text() instead.

[Deepak Ingole]

@Tomalak Updated..innerText is only valid for block elements ? M I right Master

[ThiefMaster]

fyi you can use var regex = /[0-9]/; to make it more readable

[Tomalak]

@Pilot No, innerTextis simply a proprietary DOM extension once invented by Microsoft. It should not be used as the default way to get text from an element, all modern browsers support the W3C standard textContent property.

[Deepak Ingole]

@Tomalak thanks for such a valuable comment..Much appreciated.

[Muhammad Umer]

just for others' reference filter is a jquery function not a native array filter function which i was mistaking it for.