Attribute starts with selector [name^=”value”]

Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string.

This selector can be useful for identifying elements in pages produced by server-side frameworks that produce HTML with systematic element IDs. However it will be slower than using a class selector so leverage classes, if you can, to group like elements.

jQuery( "[attribute^='value']" )

version added: 1.0

Examples:

Finds all inputs with an attribute name that starts with 'news' and puts text in them.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>attributeStartsWith demo</title>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
 
<input name="newsletter">
<input name="milkman">
<input name="newsboy">
 
<script>
$( "input[name^='news']" ).val( "news here!" );
</script>
 
</body>
</html>

Links:

http://api.jquery.com/attribute-starts-with-selector

doc_jQuery

2016-03-27 13:48:00

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