Question

I want to select and change a div with my own attribute let say myAttribute=”1235″

I try this

<font myAttribute="1235">Change me !</font>
<script type="text/javascript" 
src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
    var myAttribute = 1235;                    
      $("[myAttribute='+myAttribute+']").html('is working');                    
      $("[myAttribute='+myAttribute']").html('is working');                    
      $("[myAttribute=''+myAttribute]").html('is working');                
</script>

but they dont work !! if change the code to

$("[myAttribute='1235']").html('is working');

everthing is ok but i want to use a variable

Answer 1

You need an editor with highlighting 🙂

Add extra quotes to make it happen

$("[myAttribute='"+myAttribute+"']")