jquery evaluates string but not variable that has the same value

Asked May 22 '14 at 14:47

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I have en element with the id ="dk_container_banners[21597][]"

I remember I have to escape square brackets with double backslashes in jquery selectors

So the value of the x variable is : "#dk_container_banners\\[21597\\]\\[\\]"

When I do $("#dk_container_banners\\[21597\\]\\[\\]"), I get results

When I do $(x), I get nothing

Let me provide extra details :

x = ('#dk_container_' + id).replace(/\[/g,'\\\\[').replace(/\]/g,'\\\\]')

Console says value of x is : "#dk_container_banners\\[21597\\]\\[\\]"

After that I do $(x) and i get []

If I do $("#dk_container_banners\\[21597\\]\\[\\]") I get results

edited May 22 '14 at 14:59

asked May 22 '14 at 14:47

ionescho

possible duplicate of [jQuery selectors with variables](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4893436/jquery-selectors-with-variables) – EkoostikMartin May 22 '14 at 14:49
For me it's working. `x = "#dk_container_banners\\[21597\\]\\[\\]"; $(x);`. – Sasidhar Vanga May 22 '14 at 14:52
it is working for me: check this fiddler: http://jsfiddle.net/DXD6T/ – dmullings May 22 '14 at 14:54
Just to let you know, the element ID you have chosen is not actually valid according to HTML4 RFC http://stackoverflow.com/questions/70579/what-are-valid-values-for-the-id-attribute-in-html – John Hartsock May 22 '14 at 14:56

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