Append text to an attribute rather than replacing it?

I want to append some text to the title attribute of all elements of a certain class.

How to append attribute value in jQuery?

Syntax: $("#add-attr"). click(function () { $("#addAttr"). attr("placeholder", "GeeksforGeeks"); });

What is the purpose of the method append()?

append() method inserts the specified content as the last child of each element in the jQuery collection (To insert it as the first child, use .

What is the opposite function of append?

Show activity on this post. The opposite of . append() is . prepend() .

I know this question is 7 years old. Just in case someone came across this question, here's the solution without using .each:

$('.theclass').attr("title", function() { return $(this).attr("title") + "Appended text." });

In that context, $(this) is not the element of $('.theclass'). Maybe you want to use each:

$('.theclass').each(function() {     $(this).attr("title", $(this).attr("title") + "Appended text."); });

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