## contains selector

Description: Select all elements that contain the specified text.

- #### version added: 1.1.4jQuery( ":contains(text)" )

  text: A string of text to look for. It's case sensitive.

The matching text can appear directly within the selected element, in any of that element's descendants, or a combination thereof. As with attribute value selectors, text inside the parentheses of `:contains()` can be written as a bare word or surrounded by quotation marks. The text must have matching case to be selected.

## Example:

Finds all divs containing "John" and underlines them.

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    <!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>  <meta charset="utf-8">  <title>contains demo</title>  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script></head><body> <div>John Resig</div><div>George Martin</div><div>Malcom John Sinclair</div><div>J. Ohn</div> <script>$( "div:contains('John')" ).css( "text-decoration", "underline" );</script> </body></html>

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