Hi, But you are going to fix those invalid IDs, right? Because they *will* bite you, at some point.
-- T.J. :-) On Oct 8, 6:43 pm, Lorenzo Decesare <lorenzo.deces...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have solved with: > > $$('#[id~="part1"] [id~="partF"]') > > Thanks. > > Lorenzo > > 2009/10/8 T.J. Crowder <t...@crowdersoftware.com> > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I'm afraid those IDs are invalid. IDs cannot contain spaces.[1] Do > > you mean to be uses classes, perhaps? > > > But leaving aside that issue, yes, $$ can do substring matches within > > attributes using substring attribute selectors[2]. So for instance, > > if you used underscores instead: > > > <div id='one_two_three'>alpha</div> > > <div id='one_three'>beta</div> > > <div id='three_one'>gamma</div> > > <div id='three'>delta</div> > > > Then $$("[id*=three]") would match all four divs above. > > > HTH, > > -- > > T.J. Crowder > > Independent Software Consultant > > tj / crowder software / com > >www.crowdersoftware.com > > > [1]http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-name > > [2]http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#attribute-substrings > > > On Oct 8, 10:27 am, lodecesa <lorenzo.deces...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have two strings 'part1' and 'partF'. > > > > I want to get the reference to the element that have the two strings > > > in its id: > > > > <input type="text" id="partA part1 part2 partD"> > > > <input type="text" id="partB part1 part3 partE"> > > > <input type="text" id="partC part1 part4 partF"> > > > <input type="text" id="partD part1 part5 partG"> > > > > I can use the $$ utility? > > > > Thanks. > > > Lorenzo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---