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jQuery :lang() Selector

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Example

Select all <p> elements with a lang attribute value that starts with "it":

$("p:lang(it)")
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Definition and Usage

The :lang() selector selects all elements with the language attribute starting with a specified value.

Note: The value has to be a whole word, either alone, like lang="en", or followed by a hyphen( - ), like lang="en-us".


Syntax

$(":lang(language)")

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