jquery selector - ignore child element

Asked Jan 05 '15 at 21:39

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How do I select only the Text within the span but ignore the child span.

<span class="a">
   My Text for A
   <span class="b">*</span>
</span>

I would like to select only the text. i.e. "My Text for A"...not "My Text for A *" and if there are more than one it should return as an array like a normal selector.

$('.a').text();

edited Jan 05 '15 at 21:47

asked Jan 05 '15 at 21:39

KingKongFrog

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See: [jquery - get text for element without children text](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11362085/jquery-get-text-for-element-without-children-text) – Œlrim Jan 05 '15 at 21:42
This question should be closed and marked as duplicate. – Justice Erolin Jan 05 '15 at 21:46
@JusticeErolin - isn't it? – j08691 Jan 05 '15 at 21:47
These don't return as an array though. – KingKongFrog Jan 05 '15 at 21:47
@KingKongFrog `and if there are more than one it should return as an array like a normal selector.` You want `.text()` to return a jQuery set??? – A. Wolff Jan 05 '15 at 21:51
And when I closed the question as a dupe, it didn't include the part about any arrays. You just added that. – j08691 Jan 05 '15 at 21:52
yes, I left that part out on accident. – KingKongFrog Jan 05 '15 at 21:56
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This is anyway already answered in dupe: `$('.a').contents().filter(function() { return this.nodeType === 3; });` This will returns a jq set. To get the text, call `.text()` on it – A. Wolff Jan 05 '15 at 21:58

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