[jQuery] Select the inverse of what you're looking for

[Aaron Gusman]

I have a table with 2 columns and four rows.  I am currently able to
highlight the row which contains a specific piece of text.  But what I
want to do is to highlight the rows that DO NOT have that piece of
text.  Here's the code:


This line highlights the row that contains a cell with the text
"Brown":
        var found = $("tr:has(td:contains('Brown'))").css("background-color",
"Red");

However, I do not want to highlight the row with the text but all the
others..so I tried this:
        var found = $("tr:has(td:contains('Brown'))");
        $("tr:not(found)").css("background-color", "Red").css("background-
color", "Red");
I thought the :not filter was supposed to invert the selection however
this does not work..all rows get highlighted.

Were am I wrong??  And how can I do this?  Here's the HTML just in
case you want to try it.


<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <th>English</th>
    <th>Italian</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>White</td>
    <td>Bianco</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Yellow</td>
    <td>Giallo</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Brown</td>
    <td>Marrone</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Black</td>
    <td>Nero</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Thanks