Form elements names and ids with jquery

Hi

Can form elements have the same name and id such as
<input name="somename" id="somename">
and still work with jquery

I know each element must have a unique id but i was wondering if there was any reason why they couldnt have the same name and id

In fact I'm not even sure if they need both a name and an id. I know an id is convenient for referencing the element in code and i know elements needs a name to be serialised for form submission.

Thanks

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andieje

8/22/2022 - Mon

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12/2/2014

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leakim971

12/2/2014

that make lot of sense to have the same name for radio button and lso for checkbox

<input type="radio" name="answer1" value="1" />Yes<br />
<input type="radio" name="answer1" value="0" />No<br />

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<input type="radio" name="options" value="Coffee" />Coffee<br />
<input type="radio" name="options" value="Milk" />Milk<br />
<input type="radio" name="options" value="Sugar" />Sugar<br />

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you can additionaly add more than one selector, for example :

$(":radio[name=answer1][value=1]").attr("selected", "selected");

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andieje

12/7/2014

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thanks expert :)

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