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  <title>jQuery attribute operator compare</title>
  <style>
    #log { font-family: monospace; white-space: pre-line; margin-top: 12px; }
  </style>
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<body>
  <div id="log"></div>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    var path = "/assets/report.pdf";
    var $a = $("<a>").attr("href", path).appendTo("body");
    var lines = [
      "href: " + path,
      "$=.pdf: " + $a.is("[href$='.pdf']"),
      "^=/assets: " + $a.is("[href^='/assets']"),
      "*=report: " + $a.is("[href*='report']")
    ];
    $("#log").text(lines.join("\n"));
    $a.remove();
  </script>
</body>
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