Even better: do not use them at all , as part of an id ...
On Apr 14, 6:58 pm, Daniel Friesen <nadir.seen.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [] is used for attributes. Use the backslash to escape them for use as
> part of an id.
>
> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire)
>
> Mat Brennan wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > Not sure if this is even relevant to the development side of the
> > group.
>
> > I've noticed if i have something such as:
>
> > <input type="text" name="firstname[1]" id="firstname[1]" />
> > <input type="text" name="firstname[2]" id="firstname[2]" />
>
> > And then i use a selector such as
> > $("#firstname[2]") then nothing is returned; In fact even
> > document.getElementsById('firstname[2]') will return nothing. I'm not
> > sure if it's being turned into an array internally or if i'm
> > misinterpreting how getElementById works but it's been bugging me.
>
> > I dont need a solution on how to select the element i already figured
> > I could do something like:
> > $("[id='firstname[2]']"); which works fine but what I am curious to
> > know is why the behavior is so odd for this type of id.
>
> > Thanks guys,
> > Much appreciated.
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