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Karric
Karric

Reputation: 1565

Wildcard/Logic syntax for the :contains selector

I'm trying to use the :contains selector to more efficiently grab some elements. However, I'm not sure on the syntax for:

:contains(X AND Y)
:contains(X(any number of characters)Y)

X/Y are variables.

I could not find anything searching online that specifics using the :contains selector. All I found were fancy class selectors like ~=word and such.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 853

Answers (1)

I.G. Pascual
I.G. Pascual

Reputation: 5995

There is no wildcard or logic applicable to :contains selector. It just matches the string inside it, but you can get by with these approaches.

For :contains(X AND Y) you can can combine two consecutive :contains selectors :contains(X):contains(Y), which matches 'X' and 'Y' strings.

For :contains(X(any number of characters)Y) there is a question already answered that extends jQuery to add :starts-with() and :ends-with(). Combining both of them :starts-with(X):ends-with(Y) you get results that contains 'X(any number of characters)Y'.

jQuery selector that simulates :starts-with or :ends-with for searching text?

Upvotes: 2

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