jQuery ":contains()" analog for pure JS

Question

I'm writing a script for CasperJS. I need to click on the link that contains a span with "1". In jQuery can be used `:contains('1')`, but what the solution is for selectors in pure Javascript? HTML: `1 2` jQuery variant: `$('a .swchItem span:contains("1")')` UPD CasperJS code: ``` casper.then(function () { this.click('a .swchItem *select span with 1*') }) ```

Accepted Answer

Since 0.6.8, CasperJS offers XPath support, so you can write something like this:

```
var x = require('casper').selectXPath;

casper.then(function() {
    this.click(x('//span[text()="1"]'))
})
```

Hope this helps.

jQuery ":contains()" analog for pure JS

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