How To Find Li Whose Text Starts With A Particular String?

I have a function to get the

tag at the top that contains the key specified to it, anywhere in the text. But I want to have the

that starts with the key speci

Solution 1:

Use filter.

var li = $('.listcontainer ul li').filter(function() { return $(this).text().indexOf(key) === 0; });

Solution 2:

Please check filter() in jquery.

Filter

Filter demo as specified in api.jquery

 $('li').filter(function(index) {
   return $('strong', this).length == 1;
 }).css('background-color', 'red');​