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Get element by id using special characters with jQuery

I am new to jQuery, I need to get the element value from this input field

<input type="number" onkeypress="preventSomeKeys(event)" onchange="setTwoNumberDecimal(this)" name="fee_ctv_omp_percent" id="fee_ctv['omp_percent']" value="0.00" class="w-100" step="0.01" style="border:none;">

as you can see the id contains special chars.

I write this code,

var test2 = $("#fee_ctv['omp_percent']");

and this is the results:

Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: #fee_ctv['omp_percent']

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Is their a way to get the element by id in this scenario?

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  1. 0

    Try with:

    var test2 = $("#fee_ctv\['omp_percent\']");

    For more info check https://api.jquery.com/id-selector/

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  2. 0

    You can use the escape selector:
    $.escapeSelector("fee_ctv['omp_percent']")

    and put it in your js like this:

    var test2 = $(`#${$.escapeSelector("fee_ctv['omp_percent']")}`);

    working codepen

    This way, you don’t have to manually escape every entry.
    link to docs

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