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JavaScript Introduction to jQuery DOM Traversal find(), prev(), and next()

Vic Mercier
Vic Mercier
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Posted by Vic Mercier
Vic Mercier
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The find method is a little bit like the not method, aren't?

Aren't

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

They can both take a selector as an argument, but what they do with them is quite different. And they each can take other arguments that they do not have in common. So no, they aren't much alike.

Check the documentation pages for .find() and .not() for more information.