Get the current jQuery selector string?

Question

When calling a custom plugin, how can I get the current selector string?

$(\'my_selector p\').my_plugin();

Would like to output my_se

Answer 1

With selector deprecated i use

index = document.getElementById('category').value
select = $("#category option[value=#{index}]")[0].innerHTML

just two lines of code

or if you're really cheap with lines

select = $("#category option[value=#{document.getElementById('category').value}]")[0].innerHTML