How can I get name of element with jQuery

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How can I get name property of HTML element with jQuery

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var name       myElement   attr  name

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If anyone is also looking for how to get the name of the HTML tag  you can use  quot tagName quot     this  0  tagName

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The method  attr   allows getting attribute value of the first element in a jQuery object       myelement   attr  name

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Play around with this jsFiddle example   HTML    lt p id  foo  name  bar  gt Hello  world  lt  p gt    jQuery     function         var name       foo   attr  name         alert name       console log name         This uses jQuery s  attr   method to get value for the first element in the matched set   While not specifically jQuery  the result is shown as an alert prompt and written to the browser s console

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You should use attr  name   like this       yourid   attr  name     you should use an id selector  if you use a class selector you encounter problems because a collection is returned

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someSelectorForTheElement   attr  name

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To read a property of an object you use  propertyName or   propertyName   notation   This is no different for elements   var name       item   0  name  var name       item   0   name        If you specifically want to use jQuery methods  then you d use the  prop   method   var name       item   prop  name        Please note that attributes and properties are not necessarily the same

[jquery] How can I get name of element with jQuery?

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