Question

<span id="aaa_1_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="aaa_2_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="aaa_3_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="aaa_4_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="aaa_5_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="aaa_6_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="bbb_1_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="ccc_1_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="ddd_1_bbb">aaa</span>
<span id="aaa_1_xxx">aaa</span>

$('span[id="aaa_*_bbb"]').css('background-color', 'red');

how must i modify this jQuery? i would like that add css (background-color:red) only for aaa_*_bbb ID. * = numbers

LIVE: http://jsfiddle.net/HB3xf/2/

Answer 1

You could use .filter

$('span').filter(function () { return /aaa_\d+_bbb/.test(this.id); }).css('background-color', 'red');