Use of $.data(li, "ac_data", data[i]) from function fillList() of jquery-autocomplete

Question

I'm using the jquery-autocomplete plugin of Jörn Zaefferer and I can't understand the use of this line in the fillList() function:

$.data(li, "ac_data", data[i]);

Please help me. Thanks.

Answer 1

jQuery.data

each tag "li" which creates, assigns the data in "ac_data" with the value in data[i];

variable declaration data:

    var listItems,
     active = -1,
     data,
     term = "",
     needsInit = true,
     element,
     list;

assigning value to variable data:

 display: function(d, q) {
  init();
  data = d;
  term = q;
  fillList();
 },