How to combine a variable with jQuery css selector [duplicate]

Question

How can I combine a jQuery variable with some css class in the following example:

For example I can use this:

$("#wrapper .box")

But if #wrapper is stored in a variable, like:

var wrapper = "#wrapper";

This will not work:

$("wrapper .box")

Anoop Joshi P · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-26 07:19:37Z

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In your code, you used it as a string, not a variable. Use the concatenation operation for that.

$(wrapper + " .box")

answered Aug 26, 2015 at 7:19

Anoop Joshi P

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Thanks for the answer and correction, if its string, how to define variable?