I have the following html table. In each row there is always a td with the label Id num: inside a table nested inside the first table.
<table id="a_known_id">
<tr>
<th>1</th>
<th>2</th>
<th>3</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One</td>
<td>Two
<table>
<tr><td>Detail 1</td><td>Detail 1b</td></tr>
<tr><td>Id num:</td><td>Some Id</td><tr>
</table>
</td>
<td>Three
<table>
<tr><td>Detail 2</td><td>Detail 2b</td></tr>
<tr><td>T</td><td>Some T</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Four</td>
<td>Five
<table>
<tr><td>Detail 3</td><td>Detail 3b</td></tr>
<tr><td>Id num:</td><td>Some other Id</td><tr>
</table>
</td>
<td>Six
<table>
<tr><td>Detail 4</td><td>Detail 4b</td></tr>
<tr><td>R</td><td>Some R</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- same pattern -->
</table>
I would like to get the text content of the td next to the td with the text Id num:
I tried this
$("table[id=a_known_id] tr:not(:first) td:contains('Id num:')").each(function() {
var text = $(this).next().text();
});
but it doesnt quite work