<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery empty example</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
div{
padding:8px;
border:1px solid;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>jQuery empty example</h1>
<div class="div-class1">
This is div-class1
</div>
<div class="div-class2"></div>
<div class="div-class3">
This is div-class3
<div class="div-class3-1">
This is div-class3-1
</div>
</div>
<br/><br/>
<button>:empty</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("button").click(function () {
var str = $(this).text();
$("*").css("background", "yellow");
$(str).css("background", "red");
});
</script>
</body>
</html>