Select div using wildcard ID

Question

How to select a div using it\'s ID but with a widcard?

If the DIV\'s ID is statusMessage_1098, I would like to select it in some way like document

Answer 1

In jquery, the easiest way is to assign a class for every div let say 'statusMessage' something like:

...

To get them all:

$('.statusMessage')  // or $('div.statusMessage') //or $('div[id^=statusMessage_]')

Without jquery:

var divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
for(var i=0;i