Html elements into an array with jQuery

Question

I have unlimited number of

<div class="item-1">text</div>
<div class="item-2">text</div>
<div class="item-3">text</div>
<div class="item-4">text</div>
<div class="item-5">text</div>
...

I want to search for all the available div and store them in an array with jQuery.

Adil · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-22 17:01:17Z

4

You can use wild card, starts with selector.

arr = $('[class^=item-]');

Live Demo

arr = $('[class^=item-]');

arr.each(function(){
    alert($(this).text());
});

edited Dec 22, 2012 at 17:01

answered Dec 22, 2012 at 16:46

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user1847051 Over a year ago

Thanks, I want to access them later to compare them with other functions. is it possible to do it??

Adil Over a year ago

I have added a demo which access each of them.

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