Finds the element with the id "myID.entry[1]". See how certain characters must be escaped with backslashes.

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> div { width: 300px; float:left; padding: 2px; margin: 3px; background-color: #EEEEEE; } </style> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("#myID.entry[1]").css("border","3px solid red"); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="myID.entry[0]">id="myID.entry[0]"</div> <div id="myID.entry[1]">id="myID.entry[1]"</div> <div id="myID.entry[2]">id="myID.entry[2]"</div> </body> </html>
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