attributeContainsWord selector
Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces.
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version added: 1.0jQuery( "[attribute~='value']" )
attribute: An attribute name.
value: An attribute value. Can be either a valid identifier or a quoted string.
This selector matches the test string against each word in the attribute value, where a "word" is defined as a string delimited by whitespace. The selector matches if the test string is exactly equal to any of the words.
Example:
Finds all inputs with a name attribute that contains the word 'man' and sets the value with some text.
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>attributeContainsWord demo</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"></script> </head> <body> <input name="man-news"> <input name="milk man"> <input name="letterman2"> <input name="newmilk"> <script> $( "input[name~='man']" ).val( "mr. man is in it!" ); </script> </body> </html>