## attributeContainsWord selector

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces.

- #### version added: 1.0jQuery( "[attribute~='value']" )

  attribute: An attribute name.

  value: An attribute value. Can be either a valid identifier or a quoted string.

This selector matches the test string against each word in the attribute value, where a "word" is defined as a string delimited by whitespace. The selector matches if the test string is exactly equal to any of the words.

## Example:

Finds all inputs with a name attribute that contains the word 'man' and sets the value with some text.

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    <!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>  <meta charset="utf-8">  <title>attributeContainsWord demo</title>  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script></head><body> <input name="man-news"><input name="milk man"><input name="letterman2"><input name="newmilk"> <script>$( "input[name~='man']" ).val( "mr. man is in it!" );</script> </body></html>

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