jQuery select with partial name

Question

I'd like the count the element on the page with the name :

Then I'd like get element MyElement

Thanks,

Could you post your html please. – Marco Johannesen Oct 24 '11 at 09:50 — Marco Johannesen, Oct 24 '11 at 09:50

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '11 at 09:49

var elements = $('[name^=MyElement]');
var length = elements.length;

If you want some more advanced filtering, you can filter all the dom nodes by matching your own rules :

var elements = $('[name]').filter(function(){
    return /^MyElement_\d+$/.test($(this).attr('name'));
});

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 24 '11 at 09:51

13

$('[name^="MyElement"]').length

answered Oct 24 '11 at 09:51

Sarfraz

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 26 '16 at 05:37

2

better using

$('input[name$="name"]')

edited Oct 26 '16 at 05:37

Serjik

answered Oct 26 '16 at 03:01

Romer

1

This will select `input` elements whose `name` attribute value **ends with** `name`, not what OP wants. – Tushar Oct 26 '16 at 03:03

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 24 '11 at 09:50

To find an element by the name attribute, use:

$('[name=something]');

use *=, ^=, etc. to be more or less specific in the search term. Look at the jquery selectors page for more info on how to use them.

The exaple above returns all elements that match. Suffix this with .length and you'll get the number of elements that are found, like so:

 $('[name=something]').length;

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