[jQuery] Referring to the current DOM object in a jQuery method parameter list

[Nathan Klatt]

Hi y'all,

I have a case where I want to do something like:

$("#someId").text($("#someId").attr("alt"));

I can avoid making duplicate selections like this:

var someId = $("#someId");
$someId.text($someId.attr("alt"));

But, that seems like too much code for jQuery. :) I want something
like:

$someId.text(self.attr("alt"));

This doesn't work:

$someId.text($(this).attr("alt"));

Does that functionality exist and I just couldn't find it in the docs?

Thanks.