Wildcard string

[noahgelman]

I’m trying to select a file path of sub-folders in javascript but have the last folder be a wild card. For example:

site.com/fruit/apple/

site.com/fruit/banana/

site.com/fruit/pear/

So something like:

("/fruit/" + * + "/")

Except I don’t know what to put in the * area to account for the above folders. The folders are dynamic so I can’t just do it by hand

[jamygolden]

Hey Noah :)

How about: $(‘a[href^=”http://site.com/fruit/”%5D’)

[noahgelman]

Hey jamy :]

That almost works. I need to make sure it’s matched to a sub folder and isn’t just targeting “http://www.site.com/fruit/” but whatever dynamically generated file path inside it is.

[jamygolden]

You could do something like:
$(‘a[href*=”/fruit/”]’)

[noahgelman]

Using $(‘a[href*=”/fruit/”]’) would include “http://www.site.com/fruit/” and I dont want that. I only want to select ones that have another sub folder like “http://www.site.com/fruit/xxxxxxxxx/“

[jamygolden]

$(‘a[href*=”/fruit/”]’).not(‘a[href$=”/fruit/”]’);

Select the anchors if they have ‘/fruit/’ but not if it ends in ‘/fruit/’

[noahgelman]

ah, I see, that totally works. Thanks a lot jamy

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