Selector failing on classes starting with ampersand

Selector fails on classes containing ampersand which is a leagal character according to

http:www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/syndata.html

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ampersand.htm (1.3 KB) - added by hjaven February 12, 2009 06:27PM UTC.

Showing selector failing on classnames containing ampersand

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resolution:	→ invalid
status:	new → closed

Thanks for the test case. You just need to escape the char:

  alert("Matches =" + $(".my\\\\&Class").length); 
  alert("Matches =" + $(".\\\\&myClass").length);

See the note at the bottom of this page:

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