jquery: how to get the value of id attribute?

Question

Basic jquery question. I have an option element as below. ``` ``` jquery ``` $(".select_continent").click(function () { alert(this.attr('value')); }); ``` This gives an error saying this.attr is not a function so im not using "this" correctly. How can i get it to alert 7?

Accepted Answer

You need to do:

```
alert($(this).attr('value'));
```

jquery: how to get the value of id attribute?

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