Delete a div or span with a id=“.xxx”

Question

I am unable to delete a div with an id with a period or an asterix.

Answer 1

Global method if you don't know what "xxx" is.

var x = $("span,div");

x.each 
(
    function () 
    {
        var y = $(this);

        if ( /[\.\*]/.test (y.attr ('id') ) )
            y.remove ();
    } 
);