Filter via Regex demo
by Annie Lagang
HTML
<div id="abcd">Not matched</div>
<div id="abccd">Not matched</div>
<div id="abcccd">Not matched</div>
<div id="abd">Not matched</div>
JavaScript
$('div')
.filter(function() {
return this.id.match(/abc+d/);
})
.html("Matched!")
;