Question

I have following HTML:

<label><input type="checkbox" value="12" name="Cevent[]" /> Yoga</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" value="12" name="Cevent[]" /> Yoga 1</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" value="12" name="Cevent[]" /> Yoga 2</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" value="12" name="Cevent[]" /> Yoga 3</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" id="selectAllEventList" name="selectAllE"> Select All</label>

and Following Jquery:

$(document).ready(function (){

   $('#selectAllEventList').click (function () {
          $('input[name=Cevent[]]').each(function(){
          $(this).prop('checked', status);
          });

     });
 });

But i am getting Syntax error:

Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [name=Cevent[]]

I think i am writing wrong Selector at input[name=Cevent[]] what is the problem how can i write it correctly because i must have to send it as a array so i have to write it as Cevent[].

Answer 1

You can use \ to escape [,

Live Demo

$(document).ready(function (){

   $('#selectAllEventList').click (function () {
          $('input[name*=Cevent\\[]').each(function(){
              if( $('#selectAllEventList').is(':checked'))
                   $(this).prop('checked',true);
              else
                   $(this).prop('checked',false);
          });

     });
 });​