Wildcard search of an elements id using jQuery

Question

I have the following:

if($(\"div[id*=\'*test-*-0-value\']\").length > 0){
    // do stuff
}

Unfortunatly the wild card *test-*-0-v

Answer 1

You can combine the attribute selectors, which are also natively supported in CSS:

• [id*='...'] - The id must contains ....
• [id$='...'] - The id must end with ....

Code:

if ($("div[id*='test-'][id$='-0-value']").length) {
    // do stuff
}

Answer 2

use james padolsey jquery's regex selector , and apply it to your example like :

if($("div:regex(id, *test-*-0-value").length > 0) {

}

Answer 3

There is a a regex filter for jQuery that allows regex to be used for selection.

With this code, you can try this:

$("div:regex(id, .*test-.*-0-value)")

Also, check the official documentation on selectors.