JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by bthorn
HTML
<table>
<tr>
<td style="width:150px;">
<input name="GridView1:_ctl2:txtStormTimeOn" type="text" value="10-21-2015 6:13" id="GridView1__ctl2_txtStormTimeOn" />
</td>
<td style="width:5px;"></td>
<td style="width:150px;">
<input name="GridView1:_ctl2:txtStormTimeOff" type="text" id="GridView1__ctl2_txtStormTimeOff" />
</td>
<td style="width:500px;"> <span id="GridView1__ctl2_txtComments">test call out -jmg</span>
</td>
<td style="width:500px;">
<input name="GridView1:_ctl2:txtStormComments" type="text" maxlength="400" id="GridView1__ctl2_txtStormComments" style="width:400px;" />
</td>
<td style="width:5px;"><a href="javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1$_ctl2$_ctl0','')">Update</a> <a href="javascript:__doPostBack('GridView1','Cancel$0')">Cancel</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input id="testSubmit" type="button" value="submit">
JavaScript
//thisClicked.closest("table").find('.platform').val(data.platform);
//$('table').each(function(){
//});
$("#testSubmit").click(function () {
var x = $('a:contains("Update")');
console.log(x);
//or an exact match
var y = $('a').filter(function(index) { return $(this).text() === "Update"; });
console.log(y);
});