$("a[class^=edit_]").click(...); This is saying: all <a> with class that begins with 'edit_'.
http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors On Jun 3, 8:20 am, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" <d...@widepixels.com> wrote: > I have a page with 6 links that each have a unique class ; > edit_profile > edit_preferences > edit_journal > edit_entry.... and so on > > now I built 1 function based off edit_profile > $("a.edit_profile").click(function(){ > var url_id = $(this).attr('href'); > do stuff...... > > }); > > but rather than writing the same function and changing the selector > everytime how can i get this all into 1 function? > > Thanks, > > Dave