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Empty() matches all elements that have no children (including text nodes)
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< html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("td:empty").text("Was empty!").css('background', 'red');
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>First</td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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