jQuery selector by xlink

Question

$(\'a[xlink\\\\:href=#coastline]\').attr(\'class\',\'grey\');
$(\'a[xlink\\\\:href=#onshore]\').attr(\'class\',\'blue-light\');

This is what I currentl

Answer 1

You need to escape special characters

$('a[xlink\\:href]').attr('class', 'yellow');