Question

I have multiple select tags with names as d[brk1], d[brk2], d[brk3] etc.

I’m trying to select all of them by using

var break_tags = $('select[name^="d[brk]"]'); // returns empty

However, if I use exact name instead of ‘starts with’

var break_tags = $('select[name="d[brk2]"]'); // works

What I tried

var break_tags = $('select[name^="d\\[brk\\]"]'); // does not work
var break_tags = $('select[name^="d[]"]');     // no luck again

I’m unable to find a workaround this, though I’m sure I’m missing something very basic.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If you have inputs with d[brkn] where n is a number, you’ll want this as your selector:

$('select[name^="d[brk"]')