special characters in jquery selector

Question

I have something like this :

$(gridId).jqGrid('resetSelection');

in gridId when someone enter value like "Flowsheet 1) test" got syntax error because of ")" characters.

Is there any method on JQuery to handle it?

Thanxs.

why would anyone use a jQuery selector like "Flowsheet )1 test"? — Dave Lawrence, Aug 12 '14 at 13:34
not sure of your entire context, but perhaps you should validate user input before you get to this point — Smern, Aug 12 '14 at 13:36
You probably don't want unsanitized user input as your selector. — Joel Cornett, Aug 12 '14 at 13:40
Well, do you really want them entering stuff like that? You could check the user input and if it contains special characters give them a message that informs them not to use characters like that. — Smern, Aug 12 '14 at 13:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '14 at 13:37

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Use this :

function TestSpecialCharacter(string) {
    if (/^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]*$/.test(string) == false) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }

}

Hope this may useful

answered Aug 12 '14 at 13:37

Suganth G

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