[jQuery] Re: Selecting attributes of an element

[Richard D. Worth]

On 8/8/07, voltron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> Excuse my newbiness, how do I select a particular attribute of an
> element?
>
> Example:
>
> <li test1 ="foo" test2="bar"> foobar</li>
>
> how do I select and return the  test1 attribute?


var test1val = $("li").attr('test1');
alert(test1val == "foo");

See http://docs.jquery.com/DOM/Attributes#attr.28_name_.29

- Richard