You can use attribute selector
$('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'

you can use the attribute selector
$('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'