On the page I linked above, under the section titled "Data Cache":
> data( name, value ) Returns: Any > Stores the value in the named spot and also returns the value. What do you make of that? On Dec 10, 11:33 am, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not see where it says that. > .data(name,value) > puts a value in. > > Usually any JQuery functions returns JQuery chain of objects. > > So something like that can be done > $("div").data("test", { first: 16, last: "pizza!" }).addClass('red'); > > The $('div').data('test') will return you the value. > > George > > On Dec 9, 5:12 pm, mgl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The docs athttp://docs.jquery.com/Coresaythat jQuery.data > > (name,value) should return the value, but instead it seems to be > > returning jQuery. Is this what is supposed to happen?