I would like to select all the tables where the id starts with the same sentence, with jQuery.

This what I mean:

<table id="Tab_01">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>

<table id="Tab_02">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>
<table id="Tab_03">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>
<table id="xyz">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>

What I need, is to select the tables that start with "Tab_" and not the table with id = "xyz"

I would like to use this code for making a similar navigation with this plugin : .html

Could anyone help me?

I would like to select all the tables where the id starts with the same sentence, with jQuery.

This what I mean:

<table id="Tab_01">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>

<table id="Tab_02">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>
<table id="Tab_03">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>
<table id="xyz">
    <tr>
        <td>....
    <tr>
    ....
</table>

What I need, is to select the tables that start with "Tab_" and not the table with id = "xyz"

I would like to use this code for making a similar navigation with this plugin : http://projects.allmarkedup./jquery_evtpaginate/demo_basic.html

Could anyone help me?

• javascript
• html
• jquery
• jquery-events

• Can you not just add a class to all those tables? That would probably be quicker and easier. – Dominic Rodger Commented Aug 18, 2010 at 15:12
• Adding a class would be better, but this can be done as is. See Ken Redler's answer. – EndangeredMassa Commented Aug 18, 2010 at 15:13
• The jQuery documentation suggests using this selector in Ken Redler's answer "[...] for identifying elements in pages produced by server-side frameworks that produce HTML with systematic element IDs." rossale might not be able to add classes to the elements. – Justin Rusbatch Commented Aug 18, 2010 at 18:02

3 Answers 3

Try this:

$('table[id^=Tab_]')

Padolsey created a good plugin for this. Check it here.

$("table:regex(id, ^Tab)")

this is the best optimized way of doing this.

Use a filter():

$('table').filter(function(index){
    return this.id.substring(0,4) == 'Tab_';
});