jQuery - how can I find the element with a certain id?

Question

I have a table and each of its td has a unique id that corresponds to some time intervals (0800 til 0830... 083

Answer 1

As all html ids are unique in a valid html document why not search for the ID directly? If you're concerned if they type in an id that isn't a table then you can inspect the tag type that way?

Just an idea!

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