jquery find('[id*=operator]') does not work in asp .net

Question

What might be the reason that this code does not work

There is DataList and inside asp:Menu with id Operator is located.

I use jQuery in order to get

$('#<%= DataList.ClientID %>').find('[id*=Operator]').each(function () {
                strEnd = strEnd + ' ' +$(this).attr('id');
            });
alert(strEnd);

Funny thing is that I can locate it when I use find('[id*=o]', why single letter works and multiple letters does not (I tried with quotas around Operator, does not work), I tried to use 'Op' and 'op' words instead of operator, does not work.

What I want to do, I want to get this menu object. Theoretically I should be able to do it by simple play with <%=Operator.ClientId%> however it is inside this DataList, therefore when I try to use it it throws an error, which says that object does not exist.

Strange thing is that when I use [id$=Operator], it selected the object.

Example:

<asp:DataList ID="DataList" runat="server">
  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr >
      <td >
        <asp:Menu ID="Operator"  runat="server"></asp:Menu>
      </td>
    </tr>
 </table>
</asp:DataList>

could you paste a sample example of an id that you expect to select? Please inspect html for getting it. — Claudio Redi, Jul 06 '13 at 16:35
@Darqer It would probably be more useful to show a sample of the generated markup as well as the generated javascript. — James Holderness, Jul 06 '13 at 16:52
Is the `id` tag in capitals letter when the DOM is generated? — Karl-André Gagnon, Jul 06 '13 at 17:07
This id has following value ctl00_ctl00_c_c_DisplyList_DataList_ctl00_RowIndex ctl00_ctl00_c_c_DisplayList_DataList_ctl00_Operator — Darqer, Jul 06 '13 at 17:40
Probably looking for something like: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/609382/jquery-selector-id-ends-with — MikeSmithDev, Jul 06 '13 at 18:19

jquery find('[id*=operator]') does not work in asp .net

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