When naming of data attributes are not be standardised this method lets me select the element based on a few possibilities

selectElement.js

//naming of filters tends to not be standardised so we need to cover a few possibilities

var _selectElement = function($container, selectorTemplate, name) {
      var count = 0;
      var template = _.template(selectorTemplate);
      var $el;
      var nameStr;
      var strategies = [
        function(str) { return str; },
        function(str) {return _.str.capitalize(str.toLowerCase())},
        function(str) {return str.toUpperCase(); },
        function(str) {return str.toLowerCase(); }
      ];

      return function selectEl() {
        var areStrategiesExhausted = count > (strategies.length-1);
        var wasElementFound;
        if(!areStrategiesExhausted) {
             nameStr = strategies[count](name);
        }
        $el = $container.find(template({name: nameStr}));

        wasElementFound = $el.length > 0;
        
        if(wasElementFound || areStrategiesExhausted) {
          return $el;
        }else {
          count++;
          return selectEl();
        }
      };
};

//example usage
this.selectElement($('body'), 'input[type=checkbox][data-name=<%= name %>]', option.value)().attr('checked', option.checked);