jQuery doesn't returns the new data-attribute

Question

I\'m trying a very simple task working with data-attr and jQuery, check this example:

Markup:

Answer 1

Working demo http://jsfiddle.net/DDv8U/

• API: http://api.jquery.com/data/ - try using this $(div).data('name', ' - Testing 2');

rest should fit the need :)

code

$(function(){
    var div = $('div');
    $(div).append($(div).data('name'));
    $(div).data('name', ' -  Testing 2');
    $(div).append($(div).data('name'));
});