jquery - finding the name of the element I have a reference to

Question

In code I have a reference to a DOM element, in Jquery. How do I find out it's id? It maybe counter-intuitive, but I need to know that so I can do some manipulations on another element with a similar name.

Answer 1

$(this).attr("id")

Answer 2

If you want the id then you can use

$("youelementselector").attr("id");

and if you want elements name then

$("youelementselector").attr("name");

See attr