jQuery Question

BobInNJ

I am trying to learn the library jQuery which is used in JavaScript. Please consider the following line of code which I got from the book "Pro jQuery":

var jq = $( 'img[src*=daffod[i]' );

I do not understand the meaning of:

src*=daddod[i]

Please tell me what *= means. Thanks Bob

dusty_dex

src *= daffod[i]

is shorthand way of using this..

src = src * daffod[i];

it's a multiply combined with an assignment

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Lost User

See http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_operators.asp[^].

Use the best guess

Graham Breach

That is the attribute contains selector[^]

Richard Deeming

dusty_dex wrote:

it's a multiply combined with an assignment

Not in a jQuery selector it isn't! ;P

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dusty_dex

Yep, I know this now. :mad: Why on Earth do they have to pick operators that are in common use already? Operator abuse it just ain't healthy. :thumbsdown:

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Jasmine2501

There's only 30 symbols easy to type on a normal keyboard. We have to share those between different languages. It's confusing at first but over time you'll learn to interpret the various languages without too much thinking about it.

Member 565451

You can infer from this example:- $(“a[href*=jquery.com]”) This selector matches all elements that reference the jQuery site. That means: it selects all elements that has a value 'jquery.com' in it's attribute 'href'. (* means anywhere in the string, ^ means begins with, $ means ends with)