How to select in jQuery elements by name array tag

Question

This selection in jQuery:

$('[name=managers[]]')

throws

Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [name=managers[]]

How do I escape those square brackets?

Felix · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-17 08:53:26Z

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Since [] is special characters, you can either wrapping your value inside double quotes:

$('[name="managers[]"]')

or escape the [ and ] with two backslashes

$('[name=managers\\[\\]]')

answered Mar 17, 2014 at 8:53

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Arun P Johny · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-17 08:50:17Z

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It is because of the [] in the name attribute which try to act as a new attribute selector. Try wrapping the value in ""

$('[name="managers[]"]')

answered Mar 17, 2014 at 8:50

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