JQuery - How to find $(#...) id by filter/wildcard?

[fletchsod]

Let's say I have those ids...

<span id="spanHtmlForm_rbSoftware">...</span>
<span id="spanHtmlForm_txtCompany">...</span>

How would I find those two "span" ids with a filter/wildcard in JQuery? I tried the "*" and it doesn't do the trick, so I welcome suggestion or help.

$('#spanHtmlForm_*').css({ "background-color":"#ff0000" })

Thanks...

 

[fletchsod]

Alright, these two links are a good start... Seems to work for me.

--snip--

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...nputs-with-unique-id-regex-wildcard-selectors

http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/42319.aspx

--snip--

Now comes the bigger question. Anyone know where I can find a reg-ex documentation like this one? I have trouble finding a good one from Google surfing...

Thanks a million...

 

[jmeckley]

While finding an element by id is the fastest/easiest selector, it can be abused. Could you filter the results based on something other than the id?

$('span.an_identifyin_class')
$('form>span')
$('#spanHtmlForm_rbSoftware, #spanHtmlForm_txtCompany')
$('span[id=spanHtmlForm_*]')

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