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Opened 10 years ago

Closed 10 years ago

#7720 closed bug (invalid)

Uncaught Syntax error, unrecognized expression: # when using $('#' + var);

Reported by: bart@… Owned by:
Priority: undecided Milestone: 1.6
Component: unfiled Version: 1.4.3
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:

Description

var $this = $(this); var id = $this.attr('for'); var val = $('#' + id).val();

this throws an Uncaught Syntax error, unrecognized expression: #

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by Rick Waldron

Resolution: → invalid
Status: new → closed

This is not a jQuery bug. I'd suggest checking the value of id before using it in your selector.

​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/XYQXr/

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