[jQuery] filtering elements

[jQuery] filtering elements


I noticed some example using something like so:
data = $(data).not("style, meta, link, script, title");
to filter out thes tags.
I tried using this to filter img as well:
data = $(data).not("style, meta, link, script, title, img");
and what I noticed is that this doesn't work if the elements are
within other elements.
For example, I have this simple example:
<img src="1">
<div>
<img src="2">
</div>
<img src="3">
In this case, only img 1 and 3 will be filtered out. img 2 will
remain.
I am wondering if that is proper behavior for .not(elements)?
My goal is to filter all elements regardless of node or branch
depth.
Thanks
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HLS