Question

Given a table with the following id attribute:

id="table.form.address.48619"

… how can I select it given only the table.form.address portion of its id?

If I try the following :

    var sInputs = $('table[id=^"table\\.form\\.address"]');
alert( sInputs.html() );

I get a null

Thanks

PS – I got NO CONTROL over the way the ID gets generated :-(, it’s just something I have to deal with

Answer 1

$('table[id^="table.form.address"]');

^= not =^

http://jsfiddle.net/atdVN/