how to search and highlight text in a webpage....

jQuery has the contains method. Here's a snippet for you:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
var foundin = $('*:contains("I am a simple string")');
});
</script>

The selector above selects any element that contains the target string. The foundin will be a jQuery object that contains any matched element. See the API information at: http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/contains#text

One thing to note with the '*' wildcard is that you'll get all elements, including your html an body elements, which you probably don't want. That's why most of the examples at jQuery and other places use $('div:contains("I am a simple string")')

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Thanks for ur answer hema...
Am having the search option in my website.......if i search any word trough that search option it should search and highlight the text which is present in the webpage not from database or from any other server...if u have any code to do this means...pls post it here.....

once again thanks for ur reply...

keep posting..
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