Select multiple values with jquery

Question

my issue is finding all objects with a specific prefix in the classname, like in the following portion of html I'd like to be able to get us_mr and us_she with a single statement.

<div>
 <div class="us_me">Some about me</div>
 <div class="us_she">Some about she</div>
 <div class="they_she">Some about others</div>
</div>

this what I tried

$(".^us_")

assuming it would have found

<div class="us_me">Some about me</div>
<div class="us_she">Some about she</div>

but got syntax error

Balastrong · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-17 17:12:23Z

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You might want to try with $("div[class^='us_']")

Working demo

console.log($("div[class^='us_']").length);

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
  <div class="us_me">Some about me</div>
  <div class="us_she">Some about she</div>
  <div class="they_she">Some about others</div>
</div>

answered Oct 17, 2021 at 17:12

Balastrong

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Balastrong Over a year ago

That's great to hear! You're welcome :)

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4b0 · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-17 17:21:48Z

2

Correct syntax for wildcard is: [attribute^="value"].

Example:

$("[class^='us_']").addClass('someClass');

.someClass {
  background-color: red;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
  <div class="us_me">Some about me</div>
  <div class="us_she">Some about she</div>
  <div class="they_she">Some about others</div>
</div>

answered Oct 17, 2021 at 17:21

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