How to find inputs with an attribute name starting with specific letter or text using jQuery?

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

In this article, we will learn to find input with an attribute name starting with a specific letter or text. This task is implemented using attributeStartWith selector.

attributeStartWith selector: This selector selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string. It has two arguments i.e attribute and value.

Syntax:

jQuery( "[attribute^='value']" )

attribute: Name of the attribute.
value: The value of an attribute (identifier or quoted string).

The attributeStartWith selector can be useful for identifying elements in pages produced by server-side frameworks that produce HTML with systematic element ids.

Example: Finds all inputs with an attribute name that starts with 'GFG' and puts the text in them.

HTML

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <script src= "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js">  </script> </head> <body> <h2 style="color:green">GeeksforGeeks</h2> <input name="GFGletter"> <input name="input2"> <input name="GFGtext"> <script> $( "input[name^='GFG']" ).val( "content here!" ); </script> </body> </html>