javascript - select special selector after $(this) selector

Question

for example I have this code

<script>

$(document).ready(function () {     
    $('span').each(function () {    

        $(this).html('<div></div>') ;    
        if ( $(this).attr('id') == 'W0' ) { $( this > div ?!!! ).text('0') }
        if ( $(this).attr('id') == 'W1' ) { $( this > div ?!!! ).text('1') }
        if ( $(this).attr('id') == 'W2' ) { $( this > div ?!!! ).text('2') }

    });     
});

</script>

<span id="W0"></span>
<span id="W1"></span>
<span id="W2"></span>

But $( this > div ) or $( this ' > div ' ) are wrong selector & doesn't work

So what do u guys suggest I should do ?

Answer 1

You can use it as follow:

$(' > div', $(this))

Docs: http://api.jquery.com/child-selector/

OR

For direct child elements, you can use children:

$(this).children('div')

Docs: http://api.jquery.com/children/

OR

Using find

$(this).find(' > div')

Docs: http://api.jquery.com/find/

Demo