jquery is not working with this id #tel / fax

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I'm using this id(tel / fax) in this line

$("#" + val.target.id).attr('disabled', 'disabled');

then I get an error like:

Syntax error, unrecognized expression: #tel / fax

Is the attribute actually `id="tel / fax"`? If so that's not a valid value - you cannot have spaces in `id` attributes. Please add the HTML of the element you're trying to select to make the issue more clear. — Rory McCrossan, Mar 12 '19 at 10:41
https://learn.jquery.com/using-jquery-core/selecting-elements/ — freedomn-m, Mar 12 '19 at 10:42
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/id — freedomn-m, Mar 12 '19 at 10:43
so your final selector is for elements looking like this: `
` and `
`. This does not work. You can't have spaces and slashes in ID — Tom M, Mar 12 '19 at 10:47
Possible duplicate of [What are valid values for the id attribute in HTML?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70579/what-are-valid-values-for-the-id-attribute-in-html) — showdev, Mar 12 '19 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '19 at 10:55

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You cannot have spaces in id attribute. you can replace the space with any other character with replace() function.

answered Mar 12 '19 at 10:55

ShebinPB

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '19 at 10:59

ID should be one word without spaces and special chars. jQuery selecting works same as css selecting. For example, if you cannot write in your css #tel / fax {...} then you cannot do same in your jQuery - $('#tel / fax'); would throw you an error.

Just change your ID of element and it will work.

jquery is not working with this id #tel / fax

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