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jqueryHow do I use jQuery to get an element's ID?


To get an element's ID using jQuery, you can use the attr() function.

// Get the ID of the element with id="example"
var elementID = $("#example").attr('id');
console.log(elementID);

Output example

example

The code above consists of the following parts:

  • $("#example"): This is a jQuery selector that selects the element with the ID of example.
  • attr('id'): This is a jQuery function that returns the value of the id attribute of the selected element.
  • var elementID =: This creates a variable called elementID to store the ID of the element.
  • console.log(elementID): This prints the value of the elementID variable to the console.

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