jquery select by name

element = $('input[name="element_name"]');

$('td[name ="tcol1"]')   // matches exactly 'tcol1'
$('td[name^="tcol"]' )   // matches those that begin with 'tcol'
$('td[name$="tcol"]' )   // matches those that end with 'tcol'
$('td[name*="tcol"]' )   // matches those that contain 'tcol'

$('[name=myElementName]') //match any element with name=myElementName. i.e: <div name="myElementName"></div>

var frm = $('form[name="frmSave"]');