1 . $('[id*="partofthename"]')
selects zero/single/multiple elements id
contains partofthename
From Attribute Contains Selector
Docs:
Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing the a
given substring.
2 . $('#name')
selects single element with id
= name
From ID Selector
Docs:
Selects a single element with the given id attribute.
3 . $.find('id_of_control')
selects all descendants of element using filter id_of_control
From .find()
Docs:
Get the descendants of each element in the current set of matched elements,
filtered by a selector, jQuery object, or element.
4 . $.get('id_of_control')
selects one of the matched elements matched by jQuery object ie., id_of_control
From .get()
docs:
Retrieve one of the elements matched by the jQuery object.