Delete a div or span with a id=“.xxx”

Question

I am unable to delete a div with an id with a period or an asterix.

Answer 1

Babiker's solution works. Alternatively you can do this:

$("div").each(function(index, elem) {
 if ($(elem).attr("id") == "*xxx." || $(elem).attr("id") == ".xxx*") {
  $(elem).remove();
 }
});

Or even better, this:

$("#\\*xxx\\.").remove();
$("#\\.xxx\\*").remove();