UPDATE 08-26-2013
No need for any quotes on either unless it is a number example [class$=’23’], CSS and jQuery syntax is the same.
Quick Start Guide:
CSS and jQuery ‘WIldcard’ Syntax(‘type’ = class or id):
Starts with: [type^=keyword] Ends with: [type$=keyword] contains: [type*=keyword]
This is a really awesome trick I found that you can do, comes in handy for dynamically incremented IDs :
To get all the elements starting with “awesomeSauce” you should use:
$("[id^=awesomeSauce]")
To get those that end with “awesomeSauce”
$("[id$=awesomeSauce]")
Also words for classes that start start with “awesomeSauce” ex: “awesomeSauce123”
$('[class^=awesomeSauce]')
Or if you have multiple classes on an object, like ” best awesomeSauce123″ or you want to find an id or class that contains the keyword.
$('[class*=awesomeSauce]')
Giving Credit where credit is due:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5376431/wildcards-in-jquery-selectors