not
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adv.No; [used to express negation, denial, rejection, prohibition, etc.] No ;Hardly; Not necessarily, no [used to negate the following word or phrase]
jquery not() method syntax
Function: not() Remove elements from the set of matching elements.
Syntax 1: .not(selector)
Parameters:
| Parameter | Description |
| selector | String value, containing the selector expression used to match elements. |
Syntax 2: .not(element)
Parameters:
| Parameters | Description |
| element | One or more DOM elements that need to be removed from the matching set. |
Syntax 3: .not(function(index))
Parameters:
| Parameters | Description |
| function(index) | Used to detect the index of each element in the collection function. this is the current DOM element. |
Note: If a jQuery object representing a collection of DOM elements is given, the .not() method will construct a new one with a subset of matching elements. jQuery object. The applied selector examines each element; elements that do not match the selector are included in the result.
jquery not() method example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a paragragh.</p>
<p>This is a paragragh.</p>
<p>This is a paragragh.</p>
<p id="selected">This is a paragragh.</p>
<p>This is a paragragh.</p>
<p>This is a paragragh.</p>
<script>
$("p").not("#selected").css('background-color', 'red');
</script>
</body>
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