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Select by matching an ID with a regex
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jquery-regex.js
// Select by matching id with a regex
// eg: $('select:regex("box.*-layout")')
jQuery.expr[':'].regex = function(elem, index, args) {
var regex = new RegExp(args[3], 'i');
return elem.id.match(regex);
}
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