Check which element has been clicked with jQuery

Question

I am trying to use an \'if\' statement to determine which element was clicked.

Basically I am trying to code something along the lines of:

if (the el         


        

Answer 1

Answer from vpiTriumph lays out the details nicely.
Here's a small handy variation for when there are unique element ids for the data set you want to access:

$('.news-article').click(function(event){    
    var id = event.target.id;
    console.log('id = ' + id); 
});