jQuery how to find an element based on a data-attribute value?

Question

I\'ve got the following scenario:

var el = \'li\';

and there are 5

\'s on the page each with a data-slide=numb

Answer 1

This selector $("ul [data-slide='" + current +"']"); will work for following structure:

While this $("ul[data-slide='" + current +"']"); will work for: