regex - Using regular expression in css?

Question

I have an html page with divs that have id(s) of the form s1, s2 and so on.

<div id="sections">
   <div id="s1">...</div>
   <div id="s2">...</div>
   ...
</div>

I want to apply a css property to a subset of these sections/divs (depending upon the id). However, every time I add a div, I have to add the css for the section separately like this.

//css
#s1{
...
}

Is there something like regular expressions in css that I can use to apply style to a set of divs.

Answer 1

You can manage selecting those elements without any form of regex as the previous answers show, but to answer the question directly, yes you can use a form of regex in selectors:

#sections div[id^='s'] {
  color: red;
}

<div id="sections">
  <div id="s1">one</div>
  <div id="s2">two</div>
  <div id="s3">three</div>
  <div id="t1">four</div>
</div>