find where id string contains a certain string

Question

Im trying to find items that have a value set to true, but Im having a difficult time to find ids containing a certain string

id*['_conf']

var items = $jointlist.find("input[type=hidden] id*['_conf']").filter(function() { return this.value == 'true'});

Please can you help

Possible duplicate of [Find all elements on a page whose element ID contains a certain text using jQuery](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1206739/find-all-elements-on-a-page-whose-element-id-contains-a-certain-text-using-jquer) — rymdmaskin, Apr 19 '17 at 13:10

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '17 at 13:09

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Close, your id selector is a bit off:

$jointlist.find("input[type=hidden] [id*='_conf']")

answered Apr 19 '17 at 13:09

tymeJV

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