Attribute Starts With Selector [attribute^="value"]
Categories: Attribute
jQuery('[attribute^="value"]')
Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string.
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jQuery('[attribute^="value"]')
version added: 1.0attribute An attribute name.
value An attribute value. Can be either an unquoted single word or a quoted string.
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.
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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!');