Using regex with jQuery binding of custom events?

Question

Is it possible to use a regex in jQuery's bind method for custom events. Something like...

$(selector).bind(myRegex, function(){})

Answer 1

If you're trying to use a regex to select only certain DOM elements, you can use the .filter() method to pass in a function that would then perform regex logic to filter out the elements that don't match.

$(selector).filter(function (index) {
                  return /myregex/.test($(this).attr("id"));
                })

Otherwise it's not too clear what you're trying to do...