Given an HTML document and the task is to select the elements with ID starts with certain characters using jQuery.
Approach: Use jQuery [attribute^=value] Selector to select the element with ID starts with certain characters.
Example 1: This example selects that element whose ID starts with ‘GFG’ and change their background color.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>
How to select ID starts with
certain character in jQuery ?
</title>
<style>
#GFG_DIV {
background: green;
height: 100px;
width: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
color: white;
}
</style>
<script src =
</script>
</head>
<body style = "text-align:center;">
<h1 style = "color:green;" >
GeeksForGeeks
</h1>
<p id = "GFG_UP" style =
"font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
<div id = "GFG_DIV">
This is Div box.
</div>
<br>
<button onClick = "GFG_Fun()">
click here
</button>
<p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =
"color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
<script>
$('#GFG_UP').text("Click on button to change "
+ "background-color of element's "
+ "ID starts with 'GFG'");
function GFG_Fun() {
$( "[id^='GFG']" ).css("background-color", "pink");
$('#GFG_DOWN').text("Div hides after 1 second.");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
Example 2: This example selects the elements whose ID starts with ‘GFG’ and set their background color.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>
How to select ID starts with
certain character in jQuery ?
</title>
<style>
#GFG_DIV {
background: green;
height: 100px;
width: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
color: white;
}
</style>
<script src =
</script>
</head>
<body style = "text-align:center;">
<h1 style = "color:green;" >
GeeksForGeeks
</h1>
<p id = "GFG_UP" style =
"font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
<div id = "GFG_DIV">
This is Div box.
</div>
<br>
<button onClick = "GFG_Fun()">
click here
</button>
<p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =
"color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">
</p>
<script>
$('#GFG_UP').text("Click on button to change "
+ "background-color of element's "
+ "ID starts with 'GFG'");
function GFG_Fun() {
var value = "GFG";
$("[id^='" + value + "']" ).css("background-color", "pink");
$('#GFG_DOWN').text("Div hides after 1 second.");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button: