jQuery data and objects

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I'm trying to write code something like this:

$('[id^=myitem_]').data(
    'powq',
     $([
         '<p><b>Description:</b></br>'+$(this).find("input[name=description]").val()+'</p>',
         '<p>Some other data:</p>'
     ].join(''))
);

As you can see inside 'value' i want to catch object inside [id^=myitem_], but i cannot. In this case every time i get first object in whole document. I think here, inside 'value', $(this) mean window or whole document.

Any idea..?

Felix Kling · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-25 11:41:41Z

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What this refers to depends on the context where you executed that code. It's likely that it refers to window though.

If you want it to refer to each [id^=myitem_] element, then you have to use .each ^[docs] to iterate over all selected elements:

$('[id^=myitem_]').each(function() {

    $(this).data(
        'powq',
         $([
             '<p><b>Description:</b></br>'+$(this).find("input[name=description]").val()+'</p>',
             '<p>Some other data:</p>'
         ].join(''))
    );
});

answered Dec 25, 2012 at 11:41

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Daniel Figueroa · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-25 11:39:50Z

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To access div elements with the ID myitem:

$("#myitem")

I might have completely misunderstood your question though.

answered Dec 25, 2012 at 11:39

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