select all ids where the only difference is the number in the ID name - css

Question

I have all these divs with an identical ID name except for the fact that they all have a different number at the end.
I know I can use a class but it must be an ID.
<div id="myid1">text</div>
<div id="myid2">text</div>
<div id="myid3">text</div>
<div id="myid4">text</div>
<div id="test1">text</div>
<div id="test2">text</div>
My question is using css how can I select them all but shorter than this .
#myid1,#myid2,#myid3,#myid4{
color:red;
}
Does this type of thing exist and if so how do you write it?
myid1[*]{
color:red;
}

Answer 1

Just use the prefix attribute selector
[id^="myid"] {
}
This selector targets any element with an ID attribute that has the prefix "myid" - quotes around the value are optional. This selector works in IE7 & above as well.

Answer 2

you can use begins with this attr selector.
[id^=myid] {
color:red;
}
DEMO

Answer 3

CSS3 should help here:
div[id^="myid"]
AND
div[id^="test"]

Answer 4

Yes, there's a way
<div id="myid1" class="foo">text</div>
<div id="myid2" class="foo">text</div>
<div id="myid3" class="foo">text</div>
<div id="myid4" class="foo">text</div>
<div id="test1">text</div>
<div id="test2">text</div>
and css
.foo { color:red; }
UPDATE
If those have to be IDs, try with [id^=myid]

Answer 5

I think it would work a lot better for you to use classes as incremental ids goes against HTML and general programming principles. You could rewrite it like so:
<div class="myid" data-id="1">text</div>
<div class="myid" data-id="2">text</div>
However, if you must keep the ids as they are, you can use the attribute selector:
[id^=myid] {
color: red;
}

Answer 6

In your case this would do it:
[id=^"myid"] {
//your rules
}
That selects all elements whose id attribute begins with "myid".
You're not limited to the id attribute though. In fact, you could use any other html element's attribute.
Let's say you wanted to select all <a> tags whose "href" attribute begun with "http://stackoverflow.com". The following would do it:
a[href=^"http://stackoverflow.com"] {}
There's really a ton of options. Instead of pointing them out myself I'll you link to the w3 page where all of it is detailed: http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors/#attribute-selectors

Answer 7

use classes in addition to the ids (if you really need the ids):
<div class="mytext" id="myid1">text</div>
<div class="mytext" id="myid2">text</div>
<div class="mytext" id="myid3">text</div>
<div class="mytext" id="myid4">text</div>
<div id="test1">text</div>
<div id="test2">text</div>
then the CSS is simple:
div.mytext {
color: red;
}