escape special characters in #css selectors - #js

escapeSelectors.js

/*
https://learn.jquery.com/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-an-element-by-an-id-that-has-characters-used-in-css-notation/
The following function takes care of escaping these characters and places a "#" at the beginning of the ID string:
Example:
$( jq( "some.id" ) )
*/

function jq( myid ) {
return "#" + myid.replace( /(:|\.|\[|\])/g, "\\$1" );
}