Difference between ^= selector and |= selector in jquery

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i want to select html element using jQuery selectors.

i use

$("p[title|='Tomorrow']").css("background-color", "yellow");});

$("p[title^='Tomorrow']").css("background-color", "yellow");});

but. both gives the same result. then why use |= selector.

What I have tried:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("p[title|='Tomorrow']").css("background-color", "yellow");});  
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p title="Tomorrow">This is a paragraph.</p>
<p title="tomorrow">This is a paragraph.</p>
<p title="Tom">This is a paragraph.</p>
<p title="See You Tomorrow">This is a paragraph.</p>
<p title="Tomorrow-the day after today">This is a paragraph.</p>

<p>This selector selects all elements with a title attribute value equal to 'Tomorrow', or starting with 'Tomorrow' followed by a hyphen.</p>

</body>
</html>

Posted 17-Mar-20 19:46pm

kantagrawal

Updated 17-Mar-20 20:58pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2020-03-17T20:59:00

Solution 1

See here: jQuery Selectors[^] - the difference is subtle, but for the data you are processing, it probably does give the same result.

Posted 17-Mar-20 20:59pm

OriginalGriff