There is an element with id looking like the following:

some_id_123456_some_id_id_id

where 123456 is an arbitrary number which is unknown. How do I find this element by id?

There is an element with id looking like the following:

some_id_123456_some_id_id_id

where 123456 is an arbitrary number which is unknown. How do I find this element by id?

• javascript
• jquery

2 Answers 2

You can do this by bining the both attribute starts with and ends with selector,

$('[id^=some_id][id$=_some_id_id_id]')

You can use Jquery selectors for this:

Combine Attribute Ends With Selector and Attribute Starts With Selector selectors:

$('[id^=some_id][id$=_some_id_id_id]')