Selecting element which starts with “abc” and ends with “xyz”

Question

I have elements in my page with ids like \"abc_1_2_3_xyz\" .How do I select element in Jquery which starts with \"abc\" and ends with \"xyz\"?

$(\'div[id^=\"abc         


        

Answer 1

Use filter:

$('div')
    .filter(function() {
        return this.id.match(/^abc+xyz$/);
    })
    .html("Matched!")
;