# Attribute Not Equal Selector [name!="value"]

Categories: Selectors > Attribute | Selectors > jQuery Extensions

## attributeNotEqual selector

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

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

Description: Select elements that either don't have the specified attribute, or do have the specified attribute but not with a certain value.

This selector is equivalent to `:not([attr="value"])`.

### Additional Notes:

- Because `[name!="value"]` is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using `[name!="value"]` cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOM `querySelectorAll()` method. For better performance in modern browsers, use `$("your-pure-css-selector").not('[name="value"]')` instead.

### Example:

#### Finds all inputs that don't have the name 'newsletter' and appends text to the span next to it.

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

        <input type="radio" name="newsletter" value="Hot Fuzz" />
        <span>name is newsletter</span>

      </div>
      <div>
        <input type="radio" value="Cold Fusion" />
        <span>no name</span>

      </div>
      <div>
        <input type="radio" name="accept" value="Evil Plans" />

        <span>name is accept</span>
      </div>
    <script>$('input[name!="newsletter"]').next().append('<b>; not newsletter</b>');</script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo: