Count how many times a specific value appears in a table
<p>I've an html table that contains a list of names within sentences, which are inside <code>&lt;td&gt;</code> elements (i.e. <code>&lt;td&gt;Mike (Jeremy's father) used to play piano&lt;/td&gt;</code> or <code>&lt;td&gt;The only one who speaks french is Desmond, but Mike speaks very well spanish&lt;/td&gt;</code>). I would like to count how many times a specific name appears within the <strong>entire</strong> table. I need this to be done through javascript/jquery, and not via php.
Any help would be appriciated!</p>
