jQuery Selector issue finding href with text category1 in it

Question

i have a set of hyperlinks with href = javascript:method('category1') and likewise category2 category3 ...

I want to select hyperlink with href containing category1 so i have written

jQuery(a[href*='category1']) but dont know why it also selects hyperlinks with category10 category11 category12 ... also

I understand that category1 is common in all of them but 'category1' should'nt be do i need to put ' with escape charaters.

Answer 1

How about adding an id to each hyperlink to easier select them?

Answer 2

Use the Attribute contains selector.

$("a[href*=category]");

Answer 3

jQuery("a[href=javascript:method('category1')]");

Just do = if you only want category1, and define the entire href.

Also, you're missing the outer quotation marks.

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EDIT:

Alternatively, you could use the 'attribute ends with' selector if you want to shorten it up a bit.

jQuery("a[href$=('category1')]");