get elements by array name JS, JQuery [duplicate]

Question

I have this HTML

<input type="text" name="object[A][Name]">
<input type="text" name="object[A][Description]">
<input type="text" name="object[B][Name]">
<input type="text" name="object[B][Description]">

but when i try to get with:

var x = document.getElementsByName("object");
var x = document.getElementsByName("object[]");
var x = document.getElementsByName("object[][]");
var x = $("[name='object']");
var x = $("[name='object[]']");
var x = $("[name='object[][]']");

x is empty

I need get A, Name/Description and value

Normally I process this names in PHP like this:

foreach($_POST['object'] as $objectgroup=>$value)
{
  /* work here */
}

Here's the link to the API with all the available selectors api.jquery.com/category/selectors. — wirey00
– wirey00, Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 18:38

DontVoteMeDown · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-31 18:38:27Z

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Use ^= to match the starting string:

var x = $("[name^='object']"); // Get all elements
var x = $("[name^='object[A']"); // Get only "object[A]" elements
var x = $("[name='object[A][Description]']"); // Matches full element name

Demo

answered Aug 31, 2016 at 18:38

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James · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-31 18:38:35Z

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You want to select inputs whose name attribute starts with "object", so use the ^= operator (docs):

var x = $('input[name^=object]');

answered Aug 31, 2016 at 18:38

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