## attributeContainsPrefix selector

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).

- #### 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 was introduced into the CSS specification to handle language attributes.

## Example:

Finds all links with an hreflang attribute that is english.

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    <!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>  <meta charset="utf-8">  <title>attributeContainsPrefix demo</title>  <style>  a {    display: inline-block;  }  </style>  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script></head><body> <a href="example.html" hreflang="en">Some text</a><a href="example.html" hreflang="en-UK">Some other text</a><a href="example.html" hreflang="english">will not be outlined</a> <script>$( "a[hreflang|='en']" ).css( "border", "3px dotted green" );</script> </body></html>

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