Image i have table like this :
<table>
<tr>
<td>Adresse IP</td>
<td class='tdSoap'>10.2.3.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zobi</td>
<td class='tdSoap'>blabla</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adresse</td>
<td class='tdSoap'>NYC</td>
</tr>
</table>
I want get the "NYC" value, by selecting the TR what has a TD with "Adresse", but NOT with "Adresse IP".
I already do what I want with this code :
$("table tr:has(td:contains('Adresse'))").not(":contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)").find("td.tdSoap").text();
But, I tried a lot with this kind of code, and never succeed :
$("table tr:has(td:contains('Adresse'):not(':contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)')) td.tdSoap").text();
PS : "\u00a" is becaused of that http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/3450
perhaps this:
$("table tr td:contains('Adresse')").not(':contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)').next('.tdSoap').text();
why does this not work:(what you have)
$("table tr:has(td:contains('Adresse'):not(':contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)')) td.tdSoap").text();
jQuery uses a right to left in a selector, so think this:
Now, this also works taking out the "has" and added a next:
$("table tr td:contains('Adresse'):not(':contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)')").next("td.tdSoap").addClass('myfirst');
However, run some performance metrics and see which of these is faster:
$('table').find('tr').find('td:contains("Adresse")').not(':contains("Adresse\u00a0IP")').next('.tdSoap').text();
$('table').find('.tdSoap').prev(':contains(Adresse)').not(':contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)').next().text();
$("table tr td:contains('Adresse'):not(':contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)')").next('td.tdSoap').text();
$("table tr:has(td:contains('Adresse'))").not(":contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)").find("td.tdSoap").text();
$("table tr td:contains('Adresse')").not(':contains(Adresse\u00a0IP)').next('.tdSoap').text();
NOTE: those get the text of all of them if you have more "groups" of these, not sure you want all of them, but that is what you have.
EDIT: this works with or without the  
$('table').find('tr').find('td:contains("Adresse")').not(':contains("Adresse\u00a0IP")').not(':contains("Adresse IP")').next('.tdSoap').text();