How to pass a parameter from a link element to a modal window?

Question

I have a table. In a cell of the table there is a link like this:

Answer 1

//Global Variable
value = '';

$('[href = #remoteModal]').click(function(event){
        event.preventDefault();
        value = $(this).data("id");
        $('#remoteModal').show();
});

And I think you can access to value variable everywhere in this page