I have some div tag below:

<div class="magazine"></div>
<div class="newsletter"></div> // I need to take this div
<div class="may-moon"></div>

If I needed div with class start with "ma", I would use $('div[class^="ma"]'), but what is opposite? thanks.

I have some div tag below:

<div class="magazine"></div>
<div class="newsletter"></div> // I need to take this div
<div class="may-moon"></div>

If I needed div with class start with "ma", I would use $('div[class^="ma"]'), but what is opposite? thanks.

• javascript
• jquery

• 2 Opposite as in "doesn't start with" or "ends with"? – Dennis Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 1:35
• Does opposite mean, does not start with "ma"? Or do you want endswith instead of startswith? – Daniel Gimenez Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 1:35
• not selector, learn about it. – epascarello Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 1:36
• Doesn't start with... – Aldi Unanto Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 1:49

3 Answers 3

The opposite would be to use jQuery :not():

$('div:not([class^="ma"])')

You can use the negative filtering function "not" like this: $('div').not('[class^="ma"]'), or the negative selector ":not" like this: $('div:not([class^="ma"])') (as pointed by Karl-André Gagnon)

You need to use :not() Selector for this. because there is no exact opposite selector exist of [^=] and * in jquery.

:not() Selector - Selects all elements that do not match the given selector.

See more about Jquery selectors

There a opposite selector exist ! -

Attribute Not Equal Selector [name!="value"] - Select elements that either don’t have the specified attribute, or do have the specified attribute but not with a certain value.

but use of this ! selector, you need to provide full-name of class.

$('div[class!="magazine"][class!="may-moon"]')  

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