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VB Script and Square Brackets '[]'

I had tough time working with vb script and square brackets '[]'. Looks like square bracket has special meaning when it comes to regular expression in vb script.
I was trying to write DP for check box collection on page as -

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Browser("name:=.*").Page("title:=.*").WebCheckBox("name:=publishedSectionId[0]").Set "ON"
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Execution of this line resulted in following error -

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"Cannot identify the object "[ WebCheckBox ]" (of class WebCheckBox). Verify that this object's properties match an object currently displayed in your application."
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I wonder if this error makes any sense, any ways problem is with square brackets in name property which is -

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name:=publishedSectionId[0]
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To correct this I provided backslash before square bracket -

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name:=publishedSectionId\[0\]
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and got through. :-)
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