I am using following code to test two table column values. only issue is how to convert .colNameivr values to upper case before matching with itemNames.
jQuery('.colNametns').each(function(i) { var itemName = jQuery(this).text().toUpperCase(); //1 var match = jQuery('.colNameivr:contains("' + itemName + '")'); //2 if(!match.length){ jQuery(this).toggleClass('red'); counter = i; } if(match.length){ alert(i+"--"+itemName ); callme1(itemName); } }); example here - http://jsfiddle.net/w7akB/53/
in above example -countryCode should not highlight as string is same.