Question

I’d like the count the element on the page with the name :

• MyElement_1
• MyElement_2

Then I’d like get element MyElement

Thanks,

Answer 1

var elements = $('[name^=MyElement]');
var length = elements.length;

If you want some more advanced filtering, you can filter all the dom nodes by matching your own rules :

var elements = $('[name]').filter(function(){
    return /^MyElement_\d+$/.test($(this).attr('name'));
});