Selector - Partial Search And First/Nth Occurence Of A Match
by bizamajig
HTML
<div id="ID-8257-3103-2011-12-17">ID-8257-3103-2011-12-17</div>
<div id="ID-8258-3104-2011-12-18">ID-8258-3104-2011-12-18</div>
<div id="ID-8259-3105-2011-12-19">ID-8259-3105-2011-12-19</div>
<div id="ID-8258-3104-2011-12-18">ID-8258-3104-2011-12-18</div>
<div id="ID-8258-3104-2011-12-18">ID-8258-3104-2011-12-18</div>
<div id="ID-8259-3105-2011-12-19">ID-8259-3105-2011-12-19</div>
<span id="result"></span>
CSS
.found {
background: #AAA;
}
.first-found {
text-align: right;
}
JavaScript
$('[id^="ID-8258"][id$="2011-12-18"]').addClass('found');
$('[id^="ID-8258"][id$="2011-12-18"]:first').addClass('first-found');