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How do you find out the caller function in JavaScript?

I have the following code:

JS:
function myfunc(mynumber){
   console.log(mynumber);
}

HTML:
<div onclick="myfunc(5);"></div>

Is there a way, with jQuery, to be able to get the context of that element that was clicked inside the myfunc function, without passing this or $(this) as a parameter in the onclick attribute?

Answer 1

I’d use jQuery to actually bind the event handler, that way this inside that function will refer to the element that triggered the event. You can use a HTML5 data-* attribute to store the number that you want to use for that particular element.

HTML

<div data-number="5">5</div>
<div data-number="26">26</div>

jQuery

$(function() {
    $('div').on('click', function(e) {
        console.log($(this).data('number'));
        console.log(this);
    });
});