jQuery selector for a checkbox that contains certain text in its name attribute

Question

I\'m trying to find a selector in jQuery that select all inputs that are checkboxes and their name contains a specific word like \"top\" or \"Top\". Having trouble b/c its

Answer 1

You were close...

$("input[type='checkbox'][name^='Top']").each()

jsFiddle Demo

Answer 2

you can use start with selector:

$("input[name^='Top']")

or:

$("input[name^='Top']:checkbox")

Answer 3

I believe you could combine the :checkbox selector and the attribute-contains selector:

$("input:checkbox[name*='top']").each(); 

Not sure if it needs to be case insensitive, in that case you could have a look at this SO question.

Update:

As bažmegakapa points out in his comment, :checkbox selector is deprecated according to the documentation. Therefor it is probably better to use:

$("input[type=checkbox][name*='top']").each();