Uncaught exception: Syntax error, unrecognized expression jQuery

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I am having a few problems with jQuery 1.6, I am trying to select this object $('#' + id) where id looks like skill|3345015|7868, but console always give me a :

Error : uncaught exception: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: |3345015|7868

Thanks for your help

I wish this question were more clear, in whether id was actually "skill|123...etc.", or whether that was just the selector, and id ~may~ be "skill or "123" or etc.. Read both answers for a full understanding. — HoldOffHunger
– HoldOffHunger, Commented Jul 12, 2018 at 15:53

ipr101 · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-08 09:28:51Z

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Try -

$("div[id='skill|3345015|7868']")

You'll have to replace 'div' with whatever element you're searching for. Or, to search all elements -

$("*[id='skill|3345015|7868']")

Demo - http://jsfiddle.net/dV7xM/

answered Oct 8, 2011 at 9:28

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codeandcloud · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-08 09:35:17Z

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According to w3.org

ID and NAME tokens must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]) and may be followed by any number of letters, digits ([0-9]), hyphens ("-"), underscores ("_"), colons (":"), and periods (".").

So basically you have an invalid ID and that should be the reason for the parse error

answered Oct 8, 2011 at 9:35

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Rolf Over a year ago

so basically jQuery is stuck at HTML 4, since HTML 5 allows any character in an id :(

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