jQuery select where attribute = value

Question

I am trying to select an input where the value equals a dynamic value

trimmed = jQuery.trim(a);
preSelectedCheckBox = $(this).find(\"input[value=\" + trimmed         


        

Answer 1

Are you just missing the enclosing single quotes?

trimmed = jQuery.trim(a);
preSelectedCheckBox = $(this).find("input[value='" + trimmed + "']");

Answer 2

preSelectedCheckBox = $(this).find("input[value=" + trimmed + "]");

forget the '' around the value