How does jQuery.filter() method work in jQuery?


The jQuery filter() method will return elements matching a specific criteria. The following are the parameters for the jQuery.filter() methods,

S.No
Parameter
Description
1
criteria
This specifies a selector expression, or one or more elements. These elements are returned from a group of selected elements.
2
function(index)
This specifies a function to run for every element. This is an optional parameter.

Example

You can try to run the following code to work with jQuery.filter(),

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("p").filter(".myclass").css("background-color", "gray");
  });
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Tutorialspoint</h1>

<p class="myclass">Free Text Tutorials</p>
<p class="myclass2">Free Video Tutorials</p>
<p>Connecting Tutors</p>

</body>
</html>

Updated on: 13-Jun-2020

110 Views

Kickstart Your Career

Get certified by completing the course

Get Started
Advertisements