How do I use the data- attribute to pass values with jQuery?

Question

I\'d like to know more about using data-* attributes with HTML and its use within jQuery. I\'m simply trying to retrieve data-attribute-name=\"a value\" with .data() and

Answer 1

The "data-" attribute prefix should be stripped off in your .data() call, so assuming:

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it would be retrieved via:

console.log($(".als-item").data("loc-subject"));