How to add a certain value to anchor tag?

Question

I have the following code

<a href="" (set value 1)>Inside Link which sets a value</a>

<script>
$(a).click(function() {
    i=value of a tag;
    $('#square').animate({'left': i * 360});
});

</script>

And i want to add a value attribute to an anchor tag. How to do it?

Answer 1

If you want to add a random attribute for a value, you can use data attributes:

<a href="#" data-value="1">Text</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
$("a").click(function(){
    i=$(this).data("value");
    $('#square').animate({'left': i * 360});
});
</script>

Answer 2

If you are using HTML5 you can use the data- technique.

<a id="target" href="http://foo.bar" data-custom-value="1">Text</a>

$("#target").click(function() {
    var value = $(this).data("custom-value");
    // do other stuff.
});

EDIT

Usage of .data instead of .attr is more appropriate