jquery - Remove a td cell containing specific text from being counted -

   var donotcounts = 'td.player:contains(s)';      $(data).find('td.two_column_layout .report').each(function (index, element) {   if ($(this).find("td.player:not("+donotcounts+")").length !== +requiredstarters && $(this).attr("id") !== "invalidlineup") 

i trying count td.player cells , except children span class contain specific letter. here have. set var "donotcounts" , have 2 questions.

1. how can make var use true or false declaration can decide whether want count or not count , based on true or false setting ?

2. how can add 2nd var called donotcountp , can remove span warning text p , not counted well, true/false can turn both on or 1 or other ?

example html

<table>      <caption><span><a></span></caption>       <tbody>        <tr><th class="player">text</th><th>text</th></tr>        <tr><td class="player"><a>text</a></td><td>text</td></tr>        <tr><td class="player"><a>text</a></td><td>text</td></tr>        <tr><td class="player"><a>text</a></td><td>text</td></tr>       <tr><td class="player"><a>text</a>(<span class="warning">p</span>)</td><td>text</td></tr>          <tr><td class="player"><a>do not count td cell having span warning "s" text</a>(<span class="warning">s</span>)</td><td>text</td></tr>       </tbody>     </table> 

if want skip counting td element contains specific text here can do.

here demo

the above fiddle uses below function,

$(document).ready(function () {     var count = 0;     $("td").each(function () {        var tdtext = $(this).children("span.warning").text();         if(tdtext != "s"){             count++;         }     });     alert(count); }); 

update 1: understand generating table dynamically , once generated want count td not contain specific text. if want can use above function after table generated follows,

$.get('http://%host%/%year%/options?l=%leagueid%&o=06', function (data) {     $(data).find('td.two_column_layout .report').each(function (index, element) {         if ($(this).find("td.player").length !== +requiredstarters && $(this).attr("id") !== "invalidlineup") {             var target = $("#invalidlineup").find("tbody");             $(this).find("span a").each(function () {                 var classname = this.classname;                 if (clazz[classname]) {                     return                 }                 clazz[classname] = true;                 target.append("<tr class='oddtablerow'><td>" + $(this)[0].outerhtml + "</td><td class='lineupalert'><a class='lineuplink' href='http://%host%/%year%/options?league_id=%leagueid%&o=02&%franchiseid%'>submit valid lineup</a></td></tr>");             });         }     });      //insert function count specific td here     var count = 0;     $("td").each(function () {         var tdtext = $(this).children("span.warning").text();         if(tdtext != "s"){             count++;         }     });     alert(count);  }); 

update 2:

($(this).find("td.player:not(donotcountout)").length 

donotcountout variable guess should written as,

($(this).find("td.player:not("+donotcountout+")").length 

update 3: can use multiple :not() , create variable named donotcountp , use follows,

var donotcounts = 'td.player:contains(s)';   var donotcountp = 'td.player:contains(p)';  $(data).find('td.two_column_layout .report').each(function (index, element) {   if ($(this).find("td.player:not("+donotcounts+"):not("+donotcounts+")").length !== +requiredstarters && $(this).attr("id") !== "invalidlineup")