Sorry, I forgot to mention that this would not work if your class is like:
<a href="..." class="someclass edit_profile">...</a> because it checks for class="edit_[something]" There's another solution to that, but I can't recall what it is on the top of my head right now. On Jun 3, 8:32 am, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" <d...@widepixels.com> wrote: > Perfect... > > Thanks for your help. > > Greatly appreciated. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: James [mailto:james.gp....@gmail.com] > Sent: June-03-09 3:55 PM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Newbie question on selectors > > $("a[class^=edit_]").click(...); > > This is saying: all <a> with class that begins with 'edit_'. > > http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors > > On Jun 3, 8:20 am, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" > <d...@widepixels.com> wrote: > > I have a page with 6 links that each have a unique class ; > > edit_profile edit_preferences edit_journal edit_entry.... and so on > > > now I built 1 function based off edit_profile > > $("a.edit_profile").click(function(){ > > var url_id = $(this).attr('href'); > > do stuff...... > > > }); > > > but rather than writing the same function and changing the selector > > everytime how can i get this all into 1 function? > > > Thanks, > > > Dave
