JQuery :not() selector combined with Attribute Contains selector [closed]

Question

So I have a large form and I need to select all elements that have a specific identifier in their id value.

$("[id*=some-value]")

This works wonderfully! Now I need to filter out of these results any elements that have another key identifier in their id values

$("[id*=some-value]:not([id*=some-other-value])")

which obviously is not working for me.

Currently the only element I am filtering is a checkbox so I can just use

$("[id*=add-contact-form]:not(:checkbox)")

however I would still like to know how to combine the two selector methods.

Answer 1

First of all, if your id contains "some-value" literally, then it'll automatically exclude "some-other-value".

For it to be able to pick up the other elements, the id has to match upto a point: "some-other-value" -> "some-value-other" (see how the first 2 portions match)

You can try this:

$("[id*=add-contact-form]").not(":checkbox");

or

$("[id*=some-value]").not("[id*=some-value-other]");

DEMO

Answer 2

What you already have seems to be working fine for me?

I suggest taking a look at your code and seeing if there is some underlying issue preventing that jQuery selector from working.

Take a look