jQuery: selecting element that has its ID starting with a given text

Given a table with the following id attribute:

id="table.form.address.48619"

... how can I select it given only the table.form.address portion of its id?

If I try the following :

    var sInputs = $('table[id=^"table开发者_StackOverflow社区\\.form\\.address"]');
alert( sInputs.html() );

I get a null

Thanks

PS - I got NO CONTROL over the way the ID gets generated :-(, it's just something I have to deal with

$('table[id^="table.form.address"]');

^= not =^

http://jsfiddle.net/atdVN/

Try the attribute contains prefix selector.

  <a href="example.html" hreflang="english">will not be outlined</a>
  <script>
      $('a[hreflang|="en"]').css('border','3px dotted green');
  </script>