Answers for "jquery get data attribute from body"

jquery set data attribute value

//<div id="myElementID" data-myvalue="37"></div>
var a = $('#myElementID').data('myvalue'); //get myvalue
$('#myElementID').data('myvalue',38); //set myvalue

jquery get data attribute

<a data-id="123">link</a>


var id = $(this).data("id"); // Will set id to 123

jquery data attribute

data attribute in jquery 

For setting attribute data to the element
Html
<p id="assign">Assigning data attribute</p>
jquery
$("#assign").data("title","firstparagraph");

Output:
<p id="assign" data-title="firstparagraph">Assigning data attribute</p>

For getting attribute data from the element
Html
<p id="assign" data-title="firstparagraph">Assigning data attribute</p>
jquery
console.log($("#assign").data("title"));
console.log($("#assign").data());

Output:
firstparagraph
{ title: firstparagraph }