# Attribute Contains Word Selector [name~="value"]

Categories: Selectors > Attribute

## attributeContainsWord selector

#### version added: 1.0jQuery('[attribute~="value"]')

- attribute
    An attribute name.
  value
    An attribute value. Quotes are mandatory.

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces.

This selector matches the test string against each word in the attribute value, where a "word" is defined as a string delimited by whitespace. The selector matches if the test string is exactly equal to any of the words.

### Example:

#### Finds all inputs with a name attribute that contains the word 'man' and sets the value with some text.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
      <input name="man-news" />

      <input name="milk man" />
      <input name="letterman2" />
      <input name="newmilk" />
    <script>$('input[name~="man"]').val('mr. man is in it!');</script>

    </body>
    </html>

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