Description: Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces.
This selector matches the test string against each word in the attribute value, where a "word" is defined as a string delimited by whitespace. The selector matches if the test string is exactly equal to any of the words.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<input name="man-news" />
<input name="milk man" />
<input name="letterman2" />
<input name="newmilk" />
<script>$("input[name~=man]").val("mr. man is in it!");</script>
</body>
</html>