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HTML
<div id="myelement2"></div>
JavaScript
$('#myelement2').attr('data-size', 20);
console.log($('#myelement2').data('size'));
<div id="myelement2"></div>
$('#myelement2').attr('data-size', 20);
console.log($('#myelement2').data('size'));