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Filtering Selector Results Using a Filter Function

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$("option").filter(  function (index) {   return (this.value>5); });   //selects only the <option> elements with value=5 $("div").filter(".myClass");   //selects only the <div> elements with class="myClass"

The .filter(filter) method reduces the set to only those items matching the specified filter. The filter can be a selector, a specific DOM element, a jQuery object, or a function that tests each element and returns true if it should be included.

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