Try this. $("div[id*=test]").hide(); The second attempt evaulates the text in the div. Not the id of the div.
--- On Wed, 9/17/08, MACE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: MACE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [jQuery] Finding DIVS with similar IDs To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 7:40 PM I have multiple DIVs with similar IDs: <div id="test1">Test 1</div> <div id="test2">Test 2</div> <div id="test5">Test 15</div> <div id="test11">Test 11</div> What is the syntax to hide all the DIVs that start with 'test'? This doesn't work: $("id*=test").hide(); also tried: $("id:contains('test')").hide();