jQuery [attribute|=value] Selector

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The jQuery [attribute|=value] selector is used to select each element with a specific attribute, with a specific string value (like "geeks") or starting string followed by a hyphen (like "geeks-forgeeks").

Syntax:

$("[attribute|='value']")

Parameter:

attribute : This parameter is required to specify the attribute to be searched.
value : This parameter is required to specify the string the attribute value should start with.

Example 1:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">  </script> <script>  $(document).ready(function () {  $("p[title|='GeeksForGeeks']").css(  "background-color", "green");  });  </script> </head> <body> <center> <h1>Geeks For Geeks</h1> <p title="GeeksForGeeks"> Geeks1 </p> <p title="google"> Geeks2 </p> <p title="Tom"> Geeks3 </p> <p title="See You GeeksForGeeks"> Geeks4 </p> <p title="GeeksForGeeks-is the best place to learn"> Geeks5 </p> </center> </body> </html>

Output:

Example 2:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">  </script> <script>  $(document).ready(function () {  $("button").click(function () {  $("p[title|='google']").css(  "background-color", "green");  });  });  </script> </head> <body> <center> <h1>Geeks For Geeks</h1> <p title="GeeksForGeeks"> Geeks1 </p> <p title="google"> Geeks2 </p> <p title="google- tom"> Geeks3 </p> <p title="See You GeeksForGeeks"> Geeks4 </p> <p title="GeeksForGeeks-is the best place to learn"> Geeks5 </p> <button>Change color</button> </center> </body> </html>