Wildcards in jQuery selectors

Question

I\'m trying to use a wildcard to get the id of all the elements whose id begin with \"jander\". I tried $(\'#jander*\'), $(\'#jander%\') but it doe

Answer 1

for classes you can use:

div[class^="jander"]

Answer 2

When you have a more complex id string the double quotes are mandatory.

For example if you have an id like this: id="2.2", the correct way to access it is: $('input[id="2.2"]')

As much as possible use the double quotes, for safety reasons.

Answer 3

Since the title suggests wildcard you could also use this:

$(document).ready(function(){
  console.log($('[id*=ander]'));
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="jander1"></div>
<div id="jander2"></div>

This will select the given string anywhere in the id.

Answer 4

Try the jQuery starts-with

selector, '^=', eg

[id^="jander"]

I have to ask though, why don't you want to do this using classes?

Answer 5

To get the id from the wildcard match:

$('[id^=pick_]').click(
  function(event) {

    // Do something with the id # here: 
    alert('Picked: '+ event.target.id.slice(5));

  }
);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="pick_1">moo1</div>
<div id="pick_2">moo2</div>
<div id="pick_3">moo3</div>

Answer 6

To get all the elements starting with "jander" you should use:

$("[id^=jander]")

To get those that end with "jander"

$("[id$=jander]")

See also the JQuery documentation