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Date: 2011feb3
Language: javaScript

Q.  With jQuery, how do you select an element by name (not id) ?

A.  If you have 

	<input name=myfield>


You select it with [name=myfield] like this:
	
	<script>
		value = $('[name=myfield]').val();

	// or

		$('[name=myfield]').change(function{} {
			alert('it changed');
		});

	</script>

My feeling is that if you already have a name for a field why add
an id just to select it.

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