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Attribute Starts With Selector [attribute^="value"]

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jQuery('[attribute^="value"]')

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string.

  • jQuery('[attribute^="value"]')

    version added: 1.0

    attribute   An attribute name.

    value   An attribute value. Quotes are mandatory.

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.

  • Finds all inputs with an attribute name that starts with 'news' and puts text in them.

    HTML:
    <input name="newsletter" />
    
      <input name="milkman" />
      <input name="newsboy" />
    Code:
    $('input[name^="news"]').val('news here!');