jQuery href attribute starting with /{tag_

Question

I need to remove all the links in my document that start with "/{tag_" or "{tag_"

so far I have $("a[href^='/{tag_']").remove(); but it's not working,

I also had

   $("a").each(function() {
                var href = $(this).attr("href");
                if(href == '') { // or anything else you want to remove...
                    $(this).remove();

                }
                $("a[href^='/{tag_']").remove();
            });

And I have tried $(this).attr("href^='/{tag_'"); also not working, Any ideas?

Thanks Tara

Solution 1

$('a').each(function() {
  $("a[href^='/{tag_']").remove();
});

That works for me: http://jsfiddle.net/neuroflux/tKapr/1/

Solution 2

Not much point in using the each.

Can just do:

$("a[href^='/{tag_']").remove();
$("a[href^='{tag_']").remove();
$("a[href='']").remove();

Solution 3

An alternative is to use match

$('a').each(function() 
{   
    if ($(this).attr('href').match("^/{tag_"))
    {
        $(this).remove();
    }
});