Attribute equals ([foo=bar])

Syntax

$('[name=theValue]')

Description

Select all elements that have the 'name' attribute with a value exactly equal to theValue.

Examples

Selector	Selects
$('[name=myname]')	all elements that have a name value exactly equal to myname
$('a[rel=nofollow]')	all <a> elements that have a rel value exactly equal to nofollow

Finds all inputs with name 'ab'

 
<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://java2s.com/Book/JavaScriptDemo/jQuery/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $("input[name='ab']").val("ab");
        });
    </script>

  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
      <input name="ab" />
    </body>
</html>

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Matching two attribute names

 
<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/Book/JavaScriptDemo/jQuery/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("input[id][name$='data']").val("data");
    });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <input id="end-data" name="data" />
  </body>
</html>

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