* Change state programmatically with trigger() // hover, focus, active, visited * Build reqular expression on the fly

Regexp_on_the_fly__Change_state.js

    jQuery(document).ready(function () {
      var myElem = $('a.myClass'),
        txt="hello",
        longText="some very very long text with /hello/world/, wow",
        pattern = '\/' + txt + '\/',// build regexp pettern on the fly, pattern=/\/hello\//
        rx = new RegExp(pattern, 'i'); // create regexp object
      if (rx.test(longText)) { // test - is there /hello/ in longText?
        myElem.trigger('hover'); // if there is, change state of the <a class"myClass"> to <a class"myClass:hover">
      }
    });