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I've been here and accordingly found out that this piece of code here 

var node_exists=$(treeselector).find("li[id^='someid']");

where treeselector is the selector to the element within which the elements to be searched for are contained.This works perfectly fine.

However when in the id^='someid' part I try to change 'someid' to some variable which contains the id then it stops working.

var someid='someid'
var node_exists=$(treeselector).find("li[id^=someid]");

I also tried concatenating single quotes when the parameter is recieved in the function where this is fired. I think this might have to do with the double quotes surrounding the li[id^='someid'] part. Any idea as to how to make this work?

Cheers !!

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Concatenate:

var someVar = 'id1';
var node_exists=$(treeselector).find("li[id^="+someVar+"]");
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  • Worked...now it sounds stupid....im a newbie sorry..will accept the answer as soon as i can – Ashwin Apr 06 '12 at 05:16
  • BTW, "[attribute=val]" is one of the slower (as in low performance) ways you can do a selection in jquery. you should make it a point use ID and class syntax where possible: li.someClassName or li#someIdName rather than by [attr=val] – Kristian Apr 06 '12 at 05:29