jQuery selector for links with # in href attribute

Question

I tried to use this jQuery selector:

$("a:has(href*=#)").click(function() {      alert('works'); });   

but it doesn't seem to work. I would like to select all tags which have anchor in href attribute (has # symbol there)

Answer 1

$("a[href*=#]").click(function(e) {     e.preventDefault();     alert('works'); });   

Answer 2

*= will filter attributes that contain the given string anywhere

$("a[href*='#']").click(function() {     alert('works'); }); 

Also note that

$("a[href^='#']").click(function() {     alert('works'); }); 

will select any anchor whose href starts with a #