# Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [name|="value"]

## attributeContainsPrefix ( attribute, value ) version added: 1.0

- attribute
  Type: String
  An attribute name.

- value
  Type: String
  An attribute value. Can be either an unquoted single word or a quoted string.

Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).

This selector was introduced into the CSS specification to handle language attributes.

## Examples:

#### Example: Finds all links with an hreflang attribute that is english.

    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>css demo</title>

      <style>

      a {
        display: inline-block;
      }

      </style>

      <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

    <a href="example.html" hreflang="en">Some text</a>
    <a href="example.html" hreflang="en-UK">Some other text</a>
    <a href="example.html" hreflang="english">will not be outlined</a>

    <script>

    $( "a[hreflang|='en']" ).css( "border", "3px dotted green" );

    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo: