jquery remove not working

Question

I'm trying to remove some li lines of html.

This is the html:

HTML

This is the jquery I'm trying to use:

$("li").remove(":contains('undefined')");

Thanks for the help!

Does the code you tried work? not work? remove too many? It should work. — user400654
– user400654, Commented Feb 27, 2013 at 22:49

DarkAjax · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-27 22:47:10Z

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You can try:

$("li:contains('undefined')").remove();

answered Feb 27, 2013 at 22:47

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Zach Lysobey Over a year ago

I'm curious why this would work when $("li").remove(":contains('undefined')"); wouldn't. From what I can tell, it looks valid

DarkAjax Over a year ago

Weird indeed, however both this and $("li").remove(":contains('undefined')"); actually work for me...

adeneo · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-27 22:49:48Z

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I'd do it this way :

$('li').filter(function() {
    return $(this).find('span').text().indexOf('undefined') != -1;
}).remove();

answered Feb 27, 2013 at 22:49

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-27 22:49:38Z

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Try:

$("li span:contains('undefined')").remove();

It works in my head :)

EDIT This will remove the LI:

$("li span:contains('undefined')").parent().parent().remove();

edited Feb 27, 2013 at 22:49

answered Feb 27, 2013 at 22:44

user1386320

3 Comments

Zach Lysobey Over a year ago

this will remove the span, not the li

Reddirt Over a year ago

I tried, but it didn't work for me: $("li span:contains('undefined')").parent().parent().remove();

Reddirt Over a year ago

It worked in jsfiddle - not sure why it's not working in my Rails app. But thanks, I'll work on it.

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