Selecting by class and attribute without tag name

[andrius@…]

This

$('td.points[data-points=11.5]')

works fine. This doesn't

$('.points[data-points=11.5]')
Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [data-points=11.5]

tried in page and in Chrome console. Why would it be necessary to provide tag name? I believe this is a bug. ​http://jsfiddle.net/4D5HL/12/

[sindresorhus]

From the attribute selector docs:

An attribute value. Can be either an unquoted single word or a quoted string.

You either need to quote it or escape the dot in the attribute value.

Example: [data-points="11.5"] or [data-points=11\.5] The former is preferred.