Data attributes

Data attributes

by BinaryAcid

HTML

United States
<a data-local="US-EN" href="#">English</a>
<a data-local="US-SPA" href="#">Spanish</a>
<br>

Mexico
<a data-local="MX-EN" href="#">English</a>
<a data-local="MX-SPA" href="#">Spanish</a>
<br>

Russia
<a data-local="MX-EN" href="#">English</a>
<a data-local="MX-SPA" href="#">Spanish</a>
<br>

JavaScript

$('a').click(function() {
    alert($(this).data('local'));
});