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HTML
<input name="names[]" class="names" id="names" />
<input name="names[]" class="names" id="names" />
<input name="names[]" class="names" id="names" />
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
alert(
"#names\t\t\t\t\t: " + $("#names").size() +
"\n.names\t\t\t\t\t: " + $(".names").size() +
"\nname=\"names\\\\[\\\\]\"\t\t: " + $("input[name=names\\[\\]]").size()
);
});