Fun with Selectors

Selector:
$("#container1 > div:not(.notme)").css("border","3px solid red");

div class="not"

div class="notme"

div class="not"

div class="not me"

div class="notme or me"

div class="notme notme"

div class="not"

div class="not"

div class="not" out of container

$("#container2").children().not(".notme").css("border","3px solid green");

div class="not"

div class="notme"

div class="not"

div class="not me"

div class="notme or me"

div class="notme notme"

div class="not"

div class="not"

$("#container3 *").not(".notme").css("border","3px solid purple");

div class="not"

div class="notme"

div class="not"

div class="not me"

div class="notme or me"

div class="notme notme"

div class="not"

div class="not"