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Revision: 40235
at January 27, 2011 22:25 by aelesbao
Initial Code 
jQuery.expr[':'].regex = function(elem, index, match) {
    var matchParams = match[3].split(','),
        validLabels = /^(data|css):/,
        attr = {
            method: matchParams[0].match(validLabels) ? 
                        matchParams[0].split(':')[0] : 'attr',
            property: matchParams.shift().replace(validLabels,'')
        },
        regexFlags = 'ig',
        regex = new RegExp(matchParams.join('').replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,''), regexFlags);
    return regex.test(jQuery(elem)[attr.method](attr.property));
}

/*********
 * Usage
 *********/

// Select all elements with an ID starting a vowel:
$(':regex(id,^[aeiou])');
 
// Select all DIVs with classes that contain numbers:
$('div:regex(class,[0-9])');
 
// Select all SCRIPT tags with a SRC containing jQuery:
$('script:regex(src,jQuery)');
 
// Yes, I know the last example could be achieved with 
// CSS3 attribute selectors; it's just an example...

// Select all elements with a width between 100 and 300:
$(':regex(css:width, ^[1-3]\\d{2}px$)');
 
// Select all NON block-level DIVs:
$('div:not(:regex(css:display, ^block$))');

// Add data property to all images (just an example);
$('img').each(function(){
    $(this).data('extension', $(this)[0].src.match(/\.(.{1,4})$/)[1]);
});
 
// Select all images with PNG or JPG extensions:
$('img:regex(data:extension, png|jpg)');
Initial URL 
http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/regex-selector-for-jquery/
Initial Description 
The regular expression must be in non-literal notation; so replace all backslashes with two backslashes (e.g. ^\w+$ -> ^\\w+$).

All searches are case insensitive; you can change this by removing the ‘i’ flag in the plugin.
Initial Title 
Regex Selector for jQuery by James Padolsey
Initial Tags 
regex
Initial Language 
jQuery