jQuery.filterByData Extension

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4191386/jquery-how-to-find-an-element-based-on-a-data-attribute-value/22209579#22209579

HTML

<div id="bPratik">
  <h2>Setup</h2>
  <div id="b1" data-prop="val">Data added inline :: data-prop="val"</div>
  <div id="b2" data-prop="val">Data added inline :: data-prop="val"</div>
  <div id="b3" data-prop="diffval">Data added inline :: data-prop="diffval"</div>
  <div id="b4" data-test="val">Data added inline :: data-test="val"</div>
  <div id="b5" data-stock="null">Data will be added via jQuery</div>
  <h2>Output</h2>
  <div id="result"></div>

  <hr />
  <button onclick="extractData()">Reveal</button>
</div>

CSS

#bPratik {
  font-family: monospace;
}

JavaScript

// test data
function extractData() {
  log('data-prop=val ...... ' + $('div').filterByData('prop', 'val').length);
  log('data-prop .......... ' + $('div').filterByData('prop').length);
  log('data-random ........ ' + $('div').filterByData('random').length);
  log('data-test .......... ' + $('div').filterByData('test').length);
  log('data-test=anyval ... ' + $('div').filterByData('test', 'anyval').length);
}

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#b5').data('test', 'anyval');
  alert($('#b5').data('test'));
});

// the actual extension
(function($) {

  $.fn.filterByData = function(prop, val) {
    var $self = this;
    if (typeof val === 'undefined') {
      return $self.filter(

        function() {
          return typeof $(this).data(prop) !== 'undefined';
        });
    }
    return $self.filter(

      function() {
        return $(this).data(prop) == val;
      });
  };

})(window.jQuery);


//just to quickly log
function log(txt) {
  if (window.console && console.log) {
    console.log(txt);
    //} else {
    //  alert('You need a console to check the results');
  }
  $("#result").append(txt + "<br />");
}