not() Method - Javascript jQuery Method and Property

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Description

The not() method returns elements that do not match a certain criteria.

Syntax 

$(selector).not(criteria,function(index));
Parameter Require Description
criteriaOptional. a selector expression, a jQuery object or one or more elements to be removed from a group of selected elements.
function(index) Optional. a function to run for each element in a group.

If function(index) returns true, the element is removed. Otherwise, the element is kept.

index - index position of the element in the set

The following code shows how to Return all <p> elements that do not have the class name "intro":

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("p").not(".intro").css("color", "red");
});/*from   w ww .  j  av  a  2 s .  c  o  m*/
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Welcome to My Homepage</h1>

<p>test</p>
<p class="intro">test</p>
<p class="intro">test</p>
<p>test</p>

</body>
</html>

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