Jquery .Filter Function Question

Programmer Question

Hi Guys,

This is kindof a simple question, however, I don�t seem to figure out how to do it:

I�ve got a slider filtering some stuff

$("#price").slider(
  {
  range: true,
  step: 5, 
  change: function(e,ui) {
     $('total').filter(function(index) {
      return ( ($("#price").slider("values", 0)) <= $(this).text() <= ($("#price").slider("values", 1)));
     }).parents('div.item').hide();
  }
});

Basically, I want an array with index of each of elements which have been filtered so I can reuse them for other purpose. I was thinking of editing filter function to something like:

$('total').filter(function(index) {
   var matches = ( ($("#price").slider("values", 0)) <= $(this).text() <= ($("#price").slider("values", 1)));
   return matches;
}.myFunction(matches){
//do some stuff here with matched elements 
}

This is not correct, your help is greatly appreciated.

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