get all DOM elements with certain name mask [duplicate]

Question

I've got several elements on the page. Some of the have name id like this component1,component2 and etc.

How to get all this elements(elements with names which start with component) using jquery?

Anton · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-06 14:15:34Z

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use ^ selector

var elements = $('[id^="component"]')

answered Sep 6, 2013 at 14:15

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is there pure javascript equivalent document.getElementBy.... or something? Would be nice

Martin Lantzsch · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-06 14:15:51Z

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Use wildcards in jQuery selectors:

$('name^=component')

answered Sep 6, 2013 at 14:15

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