jQuery is() Method



The is() method in jQuery is used to check whether one of the selected elements matches the value in parameter selectorEle.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(selector).is(selectorElement,func(index,element))

Above, selectorEle is a selector expression, element or jQuery object to match with the current set of the element. The func parameter is used to specify a function to run for the group of selected elements.

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery is() method −

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> div {    width:600px; } .demo * {    display: block;    border: 2px solid yellow;    color: blue;    padding: 10px;    margin: 10px; } </style> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>    $(document).ready(function(){       $("button").click(function(){          if ($("span").parent().is("li")) {             alert("Yes, li is a parent of span");          }       });    }); </script> </head> <body class="demo">great-great-grandparent <div>great-grandparent <ul>grandparent <li>parent <span>span</span> </li> </ul> </div> <button>Check</button> </body> </html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Click the “Check” button. On clicking, an alert box will be visible −

Updated on: 2019-12-31T09:11:50+05:30

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