find an element with data attribute jquery code example

Example 1: jquery select by data attribute

$('div[data-key=value]');

Example 2: jquery find div with data attribute value

$("body").find("[data-searchme='" + var_value + "']");

Example 3: jquery find by data attribute

$('.slide-link[data-slide="0"]').addClass('active');

Example 4: 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 }