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jQuery ID starts with

I am trying to get all elements with an id starting with some value. Below is my jQuery code. I am trying to use a JavaScript variable when searching for items. But it does not work. What am I missing below? So the id 'value' am searching is the value of the clicked element

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('input[name$="_chkmulti"]').click(function(){
        var value = $(this).val();
        $("td[id^= + value +]").each(function(){
            alert("yes");
        });


    });
});
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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try:

$("td[id^=" + value + "]")
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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Here you go:

$('td[id^="' + value +'"]')

so if the value is for instance 'foo', then the selector will be 'td[id^="foo"]'.

Note that the quotes are mandatory: [id^="...."].

Source: http://api.jquery.com/attribute-starts-with-selector/

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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