Adding CSS style into specific line HTML table

Question

I need to check if my HTML table contains a specific string (for example 'LA DEFENSE') and then color the current line by adding style="background-color: red"

I would like something like:

$("#colorline").click(function() {
       if ($('rejets_communes').contains('LA DEFENSE'){
              #color line by adding style element to the specific line
        }
 }) 

Answer 1

Here is a working fiddle.

<table id="myTable">
<tr>
  <td>LA DEFENSE</td>
  <td>SOMETHING ELSE</td>
</tr>
</table>

If you want to set the background color for the whole line you can use

$('#myTable').find("td:contains('LA DEFENSE')").parents("tr").css('background-color', 'red');

otherwise, use this

$('#myTable').find("td:contains('LA DEFENSE')").css('background-color', 'red');