attributeStartsWith selector
Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string.
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version added: 1.0jQuery( "[attribute^='value']" )
attribute: An attribute name.
value: An attribute value. Can be either a valid identifier or a quoted 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.
Example:
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>