Question

I have the following element which is generated by some struts code which I am unable to change.

<input type="hidden" name="versions[0].elements[0].description">

I would typically use something like $('input[name=XXX]');

However as my name has special characters I need to be able to escape it. Any ideas?

Thanks
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Answer 1

You just need to wrap the name variable in quotes, like this:

$('input[name="versions[0].elements[0].description"]');

Example fiddle

You don’t need to escape in this case the attribute value is treated by jQuery internally as a string literal.