JQuery Select elements using wildcard (*) [duplicate]

Question

I'm new to JQuery please help. I need to select multiple elements knowing only part of Id: eg:

<div id="element32422455">Some content</div>
<div id="element68475124">Some content</div>
<div id="element42352355">Some content</div>

Is is possible to select those elements using staff like this

$('#element*');

If you know any other good way to do it, please tell.

Answer 1

You can do it by using attribute starts with selector,

var elems = $('[id^=element]');

There is no need to use wild card selector at this context, it is actually called attribute contains selector. And that will select the element though it has id like "123213element12312"

DEMO