Select elements with id attribute that starts/ends with a particular value

Question

Can jQuery or JavaScript be used with a regex to select multiple elements with similar id?

I have the following paragraphs:

Answer 1

The best way to go is to use the following jQuery selectors

^= is starts with
$= is ends with

=  is exactly equal
!= is not equal
*= is contains

So in your case:

var $items = $('[id^="item"][id$="2"]');