get all DOM elements with certain name mask

Question

I've got several elements on the page. Some of the have name id like this component1,component2 and etc.

How to get all this elements(elements with names which start with component) using jquery?

http://api.jquery.com/?s=starts+with – Jason P Sep 06 '13 at 14:24 — Jason P, Sep 06 '13 at 14:24

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '13 at 14:15

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use ^ selector

var elements = $('[id^="component"]')

answered Sep 06 '13 at 14:15

Anton

is there pure javascript equivalent document.getElementBy.... or something? Would be nice – Marcel Djaman Sep 30 '15 at 15:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '13 at 14:15

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Use wildcards in jQuery selectors:

$('name^=component')

answered Sep 06 '13 at 14:15

Martin Lantzsch

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