http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_select_an_element_that_has_weird_characters_in_its_ID.3F
On 8/16/07, Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yep. That did it. Although I could have sworn I already tried that. I
> probably tried a single slash or something. This is good to know.
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> On Aug 16, 1:26 pm, "Erik Beeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Try:
> >
> > $('#scheduleHours\\[' + dayNum + '\\]')
> >
> > I think you need 1.1.3 for escaping to work right...
> >
> > --Erik
> >
> > On 8/16/07, Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > I've got a little problem here that would seem simple to sort out but
> > > has been rather stubborn. I'm trying to loop through a bunch of hidden
> > > text fields and grab their value. They look like so;
> >
> > > <input type="hidden" id="scheduleHours[0]" name="scheduleHours[0]"
> > > value="7.5" />
> > > <input type="hidden" id="scheduleHours[1]" name="scheduleHours[1]"
> > > value="7.5" />
> > > <input type="hidden" id="scheduleHours[2]" name="scheduleHours[n...]"
> > > value="7.5" />
> >
> > > These are the product of a Java Server Faces datalist (Tomahawk
> > > component) so there is no way to avoid the array-like notation in the
> > > id. I'm just building an array of these values with a for loop:
> >
> > > var schedule = new Array();
> >
> > > for (var dayNum = 0; dayNum < counts.days; ++dayNum) {
> > > schedule[dayNum] = $('#scheduleHours[' + dayNum + ']').val();
> > > }
> >
> > > The problem is that the jQuery selector $('#scheduleHours[' + dayNum +
> > > ']').val() is not matching anything. Could it be possible that the "["
> > > and "]" characters are being interpreted by jQuery as being part of
> > > the attribute selector syntax like so? $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]").val();
> > > I'm taking a guess here that I need to escape the [] chars.
> >
> > > Anyone have an idea?
>
>
