jQuery Autocomplete using extraParams to pass additional GET variables

Question

I am referring specifically to the jQuery Autocomplete v1.1 plugin by Jörn Zaefferer [source: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/] as there seems to

Answer 1

use a .each first, then you can use $(this) and set whatever you need into a variable. the resulting variable can be used in the autocomplete

$(".autosuggest").each(function (index, object) {
    var autosuggestType = $(this).attr("autoSuggestType");
    $(this).autocomplete("url",
            {                    
                extraParams: {
                    autoSuggestType: autosuggestType
                },