I'm trying to use a wildcard to get the id of all the elements whose id begin with "jander". I tried $('#jander*'), $('#jander%') but it doesn't work..
I know I can use classes of the elements to solve it, but it is also possible using wildcards??
<script type="text/javascript"> var prueba = []; $('#jander').each(function () { prueba.push($(this).attr('id')); }); alert(prueba); }); </script> <div id="jander1"></div> <div id="jander2"></div> To get all the elements starting with "jander" you should use:
$("[id^=jander]") To get those that end with "jander"
$("[id$=jander]") See also the JQuery documentation
$('input[name^="news"]').val('news here!')
Since the title suggests wildcard you could also use this:
$(document).ready(function(){ console.log($('[id*=ander]')); });<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div id="jander1"></div> <div id="jander2"></div>This will select the given string anywhere in the id.
Try the jQuery starts-with
selector, '^=', eg
[id^="jander"] I have to ask though, why don't you want to do this using classes?
for classes you can use:
div[class^="jander"] 
To get the id from the wildcard match:
$('[id^=pick_]').click( function(event) { // Do something with the id # here: alert('Picked: '+ event.target.id.slice(5)); } );<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div id="pick_1">moo1</div> <div id="pick_2">moo2</div> <div id="pick_3">moo3</div>When you have a more complex id string the double quotes are mandatory.
For example if you have an id like this: id="2.2", the correct way to access it is: $('input[id="2.2"]')
As much as possible use the double quotes, for safety reasons.
$("[id*=jander]")would select all elements with an ID containing the string jander.