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 + "]");

The element exists but I constantly get no value returned. ($(preSelectedCheckBox).length = 0)

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