jQuery .on() click event catching dynamic 'data-' attribute in list of buttons to pass value to other function?

Question

I have a dynamic table list of around 40 rows each with an edit button containing a date field. I also have the following click event script trying to attach to each button via

Answer 1

If you're changing the context of 'this' keyword to something else, you can retrieve the data directly from the 'event' object like so:

$('element').on('click', function(event) {
    // 'this' here = externalObject
    this.fnFromExternalObject($(event.currentTarget).data('activate'));
}.bind(externalObject));

I hope the example above is clear...