jQuery Examples - $("input[name^=myname]")

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Description

"$("input[name^=myname]")" Selects all elements matched by <input> that have a name value beginning with myname.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −

$("element[attribute-name^=attribute-value]")

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector −

element − Any standard HTML tag name like div, p, em, img, li etc.
attribute-name − attribute of above element.
attribute-value − value of attribute of above element.

Returns

Like any other jQuery selector, this selector also returns an array filled with the found elements.

Example

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The Selector Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            /*  Selects all elements matched by <input> that have a name value exactly equal to 
            username.*/
            $("input[name^='user']").val("Enter Name!");
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <input type = "text" name = "userFirstName"></input>
      <br/><br/>
      <input type = "text" name = "password"></input>
      <br/><br/>
      <input type = "text" name = "email"></input>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jqueryexamples_selectors.htm

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