count dynamic number of input elements on dom using jquery

Question

How can count all input elements with has id which starting with (myInputElem) inside dom using jquery. So there will be dynamic number of input elements like

<input id="myInputElem1" type="text" value="Eleme1">
<input id="myInputElem2" type="text" value="Eleme2">
..
<input id="myInputElemx" type="text" value="Elemex">

So I just need to count them.

Answer 1

You can use the attribute starts with selector and then get the length

$('[id^="myInputElem"]').length

Answer 2

use attribute starts with selector ^.

If you want to use the ends with selector, use $

$("[id^='myInputElem']").length;