jQuery select form items based on name startswith...

[Jordan Ladora]

Hi,

I'm trying to make a button that will check some boxes in a form based on the checkboxes' name attributes.

But I can't get this to work-
<div id='div2'>
  <button onclick="event.preventDefault();jQuery('input[name^='somecheckbox']').each(function(k){jQuery(this).prop('checked', false);});">Deselect All</button>
</div>

I'm basing it off http://api.jquery.com/attribute-starts-with-selector/

I've tried a few different things but cannot get it to do anything good..

Thanks for any pointers,
-jl

[Niphlod]

1st rule: never, never, never use inline javascript.
2nd rule: start with console.log() and an open debugger (firebug, chrome developer tools, etc)
3rd rule: use the quotes! you are terribly wrong with those
3rd rule: simplify the code, then expand.

$('#div2 button').on('click', function() {
       console.log($("input[name^='something'"))
})

[Jordan Ladora]

Thanks, Niphlod, that is very helpful.. I think I'm on the right track now!

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