Store and retrieve arrays into and from HTML5 data attributes with jQuery?


To store and retrieve arrays into and from data attributes, use the data() method in jQuery. Following is the syntax −

var anyVariableName= $('#yourIdName).data('yourJavscriptArrayName');

Following is the jQuery code −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initialscale=
1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<body>
<div id="test" data-details='["My", "Name", "is", "John"]'></div>
<script>
   var value = $('#test').data('details');
   alert(value);
</script>
</body>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name “anyName.html(index.html)” and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with Live Server” in VS Code editor.

Output

This will produce the following output −


Updated on: 01-Sep-2020

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