$('#<%=nameLabel.ClientID%>') does not work when in .js file and works when in script is in the page

Question

$(\'#<%=nameLabel.ClientID%>\') is being used in my script for jquery.

When this is in ... block in tha page , it works fine ,as its a content page i

Answer 1

Like the others have explained <%=nameLabel.ClientID%> needs to run on the server. You could however do something like this:

$("[id$=_nameLabel]")

Checks all ids and matches those that end with _nameLabel.