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onclick generates invalid function

I have a variable that is attached to a function. I am trying to use that variable in an onclick event.
This is what I am doing
var show = function() {
console.log("hello");
};
$(container).append(
"<div class='info' onclick=" + show + ">Show</div>"
);
However the generated html comes out like this
<div class="info" onclick="function()" {="" console.log("hello");="" }="">
Show
</div>
Any idea how I can fix this so that when I click the div my function gets called ?

You can simply do like this, Just make show a function and call it on click.
This will work
<script>
function show() {
console.log("hello");
}
$(container).append(
'<div class="info" onclick="show()">Show</div>'
);
</script>

This is kind of an unusual approach to what you're trying to do. I think it would be more idiomatic in jQuery to either
a) define the element first, with event handler, and then append it,
$("<div>Show</div>", {
"class": "info",
on: {
click: function(e) {
console.log("Hello");
}
}
}).appendTo($(container));
or
b) append a new element and then add an event handler to it after appending it.
$(container).append("<div class='info'>Show</div>");
$(container).children('.info').last().on('click', function(e) { console.log("Hello"); });
Between those two, I'd recommend the first in this case.

The variable show is a function, Then how can you bind it with string?
The code should be like,
$(container).append("<div class='info' onClick='show()'>Show</div>");

try using :
var show = function() {
console.log("hello");
};
$(container).append("<div class='info' onclick="+'show()'+">Show</div>");
This will work.
The reason why your code
var show = function() {
console.log("hello");
};
$(container).append("<div class='info' onclick=" + show + ">Show</div>");
was not working as required as show is an object of type function, so when one uses the function name without the () the variable is replaced bu the code that it consists.
Hope it helps.

Is there a way to apply jQuery to dynamically created elements? (not event listeners)

I have dynamically created an element with the following class:
<span class="text">Hello</span>
and jQuery:
function changeText() {
var oldText = $(this).text();
$(this).text(oldText + " There");
}
$(function() {
$(".text").each(function(){
changeText.apply(this);
})
})
Obviously, this is a simplified version of what is actually happening but the basics are there. Is it possible to apply this rule to dynamically created elements even though we are not using event listeners?
The problem here is that there is no specific location for these ".text" elements. The only place we know these will show up is in the body. I we use a mutationObserver on the body... wouldn't that be taxing performance?

Do this instead:
function changeText() {
var oldText = $(this).text();
$(this).text(oldText + ' There');
}
$(function(){
$('.text').each(function(i, e){
changeText.call(e);
});
});

Like this
$dynamicElement.find(".text").each(function(){
changeText.apply(this);
})

JQuery: How to get innerText from object?

I want to replace content in a web page with content from clicked elements and made the following JQuery:
function clickHandler(id) {
$("#title").html(id.innerText);
}
$("#navigation a[href]").bind("click", this.id, clickHandler);
The only thing that doesn't work is the replacing part. The content is there in the innerText property of the "id" object, but how do I access it? I've tried about every syntax I could think of: id->innerText, id[innerText], id['innerText'], id.innerText and id(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻innerText(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻.

this inside the click handler refers to the clicked element, so you can just get its text using .text()
function clickHandler() {
$("#title").html($(this).text());
}
$("#navigation a[href]").bind("click", clickHandler);

You can use this:
$("#navigation a[href]").on("click", function(){
var linkText = $(this).text();
$("#title").html(linkText);
});
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

function clickHandler(event) {
console.log(event.data);
$("#title").html(($("#" + event.data.id).text()));
}
var $obj = $("#navigation a[href]");
$obj.bind("click", {'id': $obj.attr("id")}, clickHandler);
Fiddle

How to decide which element is being clicked in jQuery?

I have more similar elements in HTML which are being added continously with PHP. my question is the following:
With jQuery, I would like to add a click event to each of these <div> elements. When any of them is being clicked it should display it's content. The problem is that I guess I need to use classes to specify which elements can be clickable. But in this case the application will not be able to decide which specific element is being clicked, right?
HTML:
<div class="test">1</div>
<div class="test">2</div>
<div class="test">3</div>
<div class="test">4</div>
<div class="test">5</div>
jQuery try:
$("test").on("click", function()
{
var data = ???
alert(data);
});
UPDATE - QUESTION 2:
What happens if I'm placing <a> tags between those divs, and I want to get their href value when the DIV is being clicked?
I always get an error when I try that with this.

this refers to the element triggering the event. Note that it is a regular js element, so you'll need to convert it to a jQuery object before you can use jQuery functions: $(this)
$(".test").on("click", function()
{
var data = $(this).text();
alert(data);
});

Like this:
$(".test").on("click", function(event)
{
var data = $(event.target);
alert(data.text());
});

this variable contains the reference of current item
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".test").click(function(event) {
var data = $(this).text();
alert(data);
});
})
;

The class selector in jquery is $(".ClassName") and to access the value, use $(this) as such:
$(".test").on("click", function(){
var data = $(this).text();
alert(data);
});

You can use this inside the function which mean clicked div
DEMO
$(".test").on("click", function () {
alert($(this).html());
});

store HTML tag attribute value in a variable using Jquery

I am developing an application using JQuery. This is a fragment of the HTML code I am using:
<MarkNag class="altcheckboxoff" id="markable_38" Azpimark_id="100038">helburua </MarkNag>
<MarkNag class="altcheckboxoff" id="markable_2" Azpimark_id="100002">Oriolek </MarkNag>
<MarkNag class="altcheckboxoff" id="markable_39" Azpimark_id="100039">gas liberalizazioa </MarkNag>
I have the next JQuery script in the HTML page:
<script type='text/javascript'>
$("MarkNag").click(function (){
$(this).toggleClass("highlight");
});
</script>
I would like to know how could I store "markable_39" in a variable if this MarkNag tag was clicked. I guess I should use .data(). But I dont really know how. Any ideas? Thanks

Do it like this
$("MarkNag").click(function ()
{
$(this).toggleClass("highlight");
var IdOfTag = this.id;
//or
IdOfTag = $(this).attr('id');
});

Also, you can just use this.id,
like:
var id = this.id;

Actually, the correct code would be $(this).attr("id").

$("MarkNag").click(function (){
$(this).toggleClass("highlight");
alert(this.id); // Method 1: this.id
alert($(this).attr('id')); // Method 2: $(this).attr('id')
});

here u will get object from where the event occurs
var eventobject = arguments.callee.caller.arguments[0];
here u can access any attribute of currentTarget (in this case id)
var id = $(eventobject.currentTarget).attr("id");