New to jQuery... need help

[Anicho]

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
$("#submenu a:contains('something')").addClass("newclass");
//]]>
</script>

While that works, I don't want to add a class I want to add an ID.
But this won't work.

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
$("#submenu a:contains('something')").addID("newid");
//]]>
</script>

I'm new to jQuery I need help

[SeanStar]

While that works, I don't want to add a class I want to add an ID.

You Can't... IDs are only usable with their tags.
.addClass adds a class to a tag which may have another class.
If there was an .addID method it would let you have more than one ID per tag, which is not valid.