jQuery get object by name when name contains a "["-character

Question

Consider this HTML:

<input type="text" name="inputa[42]" value="2012-05-02" />
<input type="text" name="inputb[42]" value="74,178" />

<input type="text" name="inputa[85]" value="2013-02-14" />
<input type="text" name="inputb[85]" value="21,35" />

How to use a jQuery selector to get the value of the input with name inputa[85]?

It would have been very easy if the name wouldn't have contained [85], but now I can't get $("input[name=inputa[85]]") to work which is understandable, but how to solve it (without changing the name attribute)?

possible duplicate of [jQuery selector for inputs with square brackets in the name attribute](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2364982/jquery-selector-for-inputs-with-square-brackets-in-the-name-attribute) — Manse, Jun 12 '12 at 10:42
Sorry, tried to find the answer to this already but I couldn't :) I should have searched for "brackets"! — Simon Forsberg, Jun 12 '12 at 10:45

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '12 at 13:21

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In quotes:

$("input[name='inputa[85]']")

or

$('input[name="inputa[85]"]')

edited Jun 12 '12 at 13:21

answered Jun 12 '12 at 10:41

abuduba

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or `$("input[name=\"inputa[85]\"]")` :) – Simon Forsberg Jun 12 '12 at 10:46
that is, as I wrote, in quotes :) – abuduba Jun 12 '12 at 10:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 12 '12 at 10:45

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You can use $('input[name*="inputa"]') if you don't know the value in brackets or abuduba's answer above.

answered Jun 12 '12 at 10:45

slash197

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jQuery get object by name when name contains a "["-character

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