jquery - Tracking anchors in div through jQuery

Question

Is there a way i can track how many <a href=""></a> is in a specific div through jQuery ?

Answer 1

You can use length property:

$('div#specific a').length;

If you want to know how many anchors with empty href and content exist you can use filter method and :empty selector:

$('div#specific a:empty').filter(function(){
    return this.href === ""
}).length;

Answer 2

You can use length as well as size also do :

But length is preferred (http://api.jquery.com/length/)

$('a').length
$('a').size();

Note: the .length property is preferred because it does not have the overhead of a function call (courtesy : http://api.jquery.com/size/ )