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Zhihar
Zhihar

Reputation: 1428

add associative array to jQuery object as attribute

Greeting

Нow to add the associative array to an jquery object?

examples:

<div id = "element"></div>

$('#element').attr('_mynumber', 10);
console.log($('#element').attr('_mynumber'); // OK, _mynumber = 10

$('#element').attr('_myarray', [1,2,3,9,8,7]);
console.log($('#element').attr('_myarray'); // OK, _myarray = 1,2,3,9,8,7

$('#element').attr('_myassoc', {val1: 10, val2: [1,2,3,9,8,7]});
console.log($('#element').attr('_myassoc'); // FAIL, _mynumber = [object Object] (only as string), _mynumber.val1 = undefined

Upvotes: 0

Views: 124

Answers (1)

eisbehr
eisbehr

Reputation: 12452

Use data to store additional information on an element instead of attr.

$('#element').data('_myassoc', {val1: 10, val2: [1,2,3,9,8,7]});
console.log($('#element').data('_myassoc'));
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="element"></div>

Upvotes: 2

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