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jQuery: find all cells (td/th) in a column of a table
/**
* Find all cells (td/th) in the column of the current cell.
* (excluding rows with cells that span multiple columns.)
*/
(function($) {
$.fn.column = function() {
return $(this)
.filter('th, td')
.filter(':not([colspan])')
.closest('table')
.find('tr')
.filter(':not(:has([colspan]))')
.children(':nth-child(' + ($(this).index()+1) + ')');
}
})(jQuery);
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