activate modal with jquery code example

Example 1: onclick open modal jquery

$('#myModal').modal('toggle');
$('#myModal').modal('show');
$('#myModal').modal('hide');

Example 2: jquery on modal show

$(window).on('shown.bs.modal', function() { 
    $('#code').modal('show');
    alert('shown');
});

Example 3: open bootstrap modal using javascript

$("#myModal").modal(); //open modal
$('#myModal').modal('toggle'); //open modal
$('#myModal').modal('show'); //open modal
$('#myModal').modal('hide'); //hide modal
//@sujay