Arguments
jQuery('[attribute~=value]')
version added: 1.0
attribute
An attribute name.
value
An attribute value. Quotes are optional.
Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces.
This selector matches the test string against each word in the attribute value, where a "word" is defined as a string delimited by whitespace. The selector matches if the test string is exactly equal to any of the words.
Example
Finds all inputs with a name attribute that contains the word 'man' and sets the value with some text.Full source
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("input[name~=man]").val("mr. man is in it!"); }); </script> </head> <body> <input name="man-news" /> <input name="milk man" /> <input name="letterman2" /> <input name="newmilk" /> </body> </html>
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