Maybe it's the really late night I had but I can't figure this one out. First the html:
<div> <a href="#internal">Internal Link</a> <a href="http://external.com";>External Link</a> <a href="#internal2">Internal Link2</a> </div> ------------------------------------ in order to do something on the page instead of going to the link I need to filter it based on if it contains a # at the start. It's the perfect problem for the [attribute^=value] solution but this doesn't work... var link = $(this[href^=#]).val(); ------------------------------------ I just know it's an issue with how to put this and the attribute qualifier together... and I don't know what to put afterwards .val()?! I've also tried: var link = $(this).attr("[href^=#]"); thanks
