Question

if I have the html

<select id="autoplay">
    <option data-autoplay="">no</option>
    <option data-autoplay="1">yes</option>
</select>

how using jQuery can I return the data-autoplay value in respect to which option is selected and set it as a variable var autoplay = *selected value*

so if I select no it returns nothing and if I select yes it returns 1 so var autoplay = "1";

Answer 1

try following code,

$("#autoplay option:selected").attr("data-autoplay");

or

$("#autoplay option:selected").data("autoplay");