Access to an element with an identifier containing "." character

Question

I am trying to access elements using jquery method $('#elementID'). If any element contains the character "." , eg

id="element.0" 
id="element.1"

I cannot access this item.

This is because of the "." in line id?

Answer 1

You need to avoid the point with \\

$('element\\.0');

http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/

Answer 2

It will look like this:

$("#element\\.0")

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