[jquery] jQuery: select all elements of a given class, except for a particular Id

You could use the .not function like the following examples to remove items that have an exact id, id containing a specific word, id starting with a word, etc... see http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_ref_selectors.asp for more information on jQuery selectors.

Ignore by Exact ID:

 $(".thisClass").not('[id="thisId"]').doAction();

Ignore ID's that contains the word "Id"

$(".thisClass").not('[id*="Id"]').doAction();

Ignore ID's that start with "my"

$(".thisClass").not('[id^="my"]').doAction();