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How to pass input element into a function to get data attribute

I am working on the below demo. Why am I not able to pass the $("#sample") into a function like below functions?

function GetAtts(elem) {
  var x = elem.data('x');
  var y = elem.data('y');
 
 console.log(x + ' ' + y); 
}


function GetAttsThis(elem) {
  var x = this.data('x');
  var y = this.data('y');
 
 console.log(x + ' ' + y); 
}

GetAtts('sample');
GetAtts('$("#sample")');
GetAttsThis('sample');

Here is the demo:

function GetAtts(elem) {
  var x = elem.data('x');
  var y = elem.data('y');

  console.log(x + ' ' + y);
}


function GetAttsThis(elem) {
  var x = this.data('x');
  var y = this.data('y');

  console.log(x + ' ' + y);
}

GetAtts('sample');
GetAtts('$("#sample")');
GetAttsThis('sample');
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input id="sample" type="text" data-x="5" data-y="20">

As you can see I am getting:

Uncaught TypeError: elem.data is not a function

and:

Uncaught TypeError: this.data is not a function

on both formats of functions.

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Answer

You’ve to pass the object like :

GetAtts($("#sample"));

The this keyword doesn’t refer to the input since you’re using it without a specific context.

You could use the .apply() method instead to set this to $("#sample") within the function’s scope, like :

GetAttsThis.apply($("#sample"));


function GetAtts(elem) {
  var x = elem.data('limitn');
  var y = elem.data('limitp');

  console.log(x + ' ' + y);
}

function GetAttsThis() {
  var x = this.data('limitn');
  var y = this.data('limitp');

  console.log(x + ' ' + y);
}

GetAtts($("#sample"));
GetAttsThis.apply($("#sample"));
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input id="sample" type="text" data-limitn="5" data-limitp="20">
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