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HTML
<input id="searchTerm" />
<ul>
<li style="list-style-type: none; "><a href="a" alt="This offers details on cars, " class="report">Data Link 1</a></li>
<li style="list-style-type: none; "><a href="a" alt="This offers details on monkeys" class="report">Data Link 2</a></li>
<li style="list-style-type: none; "><a href="a" alt="This offers details on trees" class="report">Data Link 3</a></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$(function() {
$("#searchTerm").keyup(function() {
$("a.report").stop().animate({opacity: 1});
$("a.report:not(:[alt*=" + $(this).val()+"])").stop().animate({opacity: 0.1 });
});
});