'cause jQuery doesn't support that syntax. That would be $
('[class^=WasPrice]')

http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors

On Jan 29, 8:18 pm, rhasson <[email protected]> wrote:
> you know I feel like a total idiot.  I searched and searched about
> special characters and stuff and never stopped to think twice.
>
> but the other thing is why would I get a syntax error when using the
> "^" on some pages?
> regardless of one or two classes it shouldn't error out.
>
> Thanks.
> Roy
>
> On Jan 29, 4:51 pm, David Zhou <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Er.. a class with a space is two separate classes.
>
> > -- dz
>
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:01 PM, rhasson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I run this command $("^.WasPrice") which suppose to find the class
> > > that starts with WasPrice.  The actual class name is "WasPrice
> > > PriceM".  My issue is being to select a class with a space.  I can't
> > > figure out how to escape a space character to select such classes.  So
> > > I decided to use the "^" which selects anything that starts with the
> > > characters that follow.  This seems to work fine on some pages but
> > > fails with a syntax error on others.
>
> > > Any ideas and help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Roy
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