How to select ID that starts with certain character using jQuery ?

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Given an HTML document and the task is to select the elements with ID starts with certain characters using jQuery.

Approach: Use jQuery [attribute^=value] Selector to select the element with ID starts with certain characters.

Example 1: This example selects that element whose ID starts with ‘GFG’ and change their background color.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>  
<html>  
    <head>  
        <title>  
            How to select ID starts with 
            certain character in jQuery ? 
        </title> 
          
        <style> 
            #GFG_DIV { 
                background: green; 
                height: 100px; 
                width: 200px; 
                margin: 0 auto; 
                color: white; 
            } 
        </style> 
          
        <script src =  
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js"> 
        </script> 
    </head>  
      
    <body style = "text-align:center;">  
      
        <h1 style = "color:green;" >  
            GeeksForGeeks  
        </h1> 
      
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style =  
            "font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"> 
        </p> 
          
        <div id = "GFG_DIV"> 
            This is Div box. 
        </div> 
          
        <br> 
          
        <button onClick = "GFG_Fun()"> 
            click here 
        </button> 
          
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = 
            "color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"> 
        </p> 
          
        <script> 
            $('#GFG_UP').text("Click on button to change " 
                        + "background-color of element's " 
                        + "ID starts with 'GFG'"); 
            function GFG_Fun() { 
                $( "[id^='GFG']" ).css("background-color", "pink"); 
                $('#GFG_DOWN').text("Div hides after 1 second.");  
            } 
        </script>  
    </body>  
</html>                     

Output:

Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:

Example 2: This example selects the elements whose ID starts with ‘GFG’ and set their background color.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>  
<html>  
    <head>  
        <title>  
            How to select ID starts with 
            certain character in jQuery ? 
        </title> 
          
        <style> 
            #GFG_DIV { 
                background: green; 
                height: 100px; 
                width: 200px; 
                margin: 0 auto; 
                color: white; 
            } 
        </style> 
          
        <script src =  
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js"> 
        </script> 
    </head>  
      
    <body style = "text-align:center;">  
      
        <h1 style = "color:green;" >  
            GeeksForGeeks  
        </h1> 
      
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style =  
            "font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"> 
        </p> 
          
        <div id = "GFG_DIV"> 
            This is Div box. 
        </div> 
          
        <br> 
          
        <button onClick = "GFG_Fun()"> 
            click here 
        </button> 
          
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = 
            "color: green; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"> 
        </p> 
          
        <script> 
            $('#GFG_UP').text("Click on button to change " 
                        + "background-color of element's " 
                        + "ID starts with 'GFG'"); 
            function GFG_Fun() { 
                var value = "GFG"; 
                $("[id^='" + value + "']" ).css("background-color", "pink"); 
                $('#GFG_DOWN').text("Div hides after 1 second.");  
            } 
        </script>  
    </body>  
</html>                     