jquery how do i reach element id when element is stored in variable

Question

is it possible to get element id when element is stored in variable?

var element = $("#someElement")
var id = element.id();

if i have something like that its not working. Element is also only stored in variable, not in DOM right now.

Answer 1

id is a property of the element #someElement, not a method of the jQuery collection $("#someElement").

Therefore

var id = element.prop('id');

or

var id = element.get(0).id;

Answer 2

Use .attr()

var id = element.attr('id');

Answer 3

Yes, you can do it with attr or prop:

var id = element.attr("id"); // or .prop("id")

or if you know that there's exactly one element in the jQuery object, you can do it by going directly to the element, since DOM elements expose their id via the id reflected property:

var id = element[0].id;

Answer 4

The correct way of doing it would be :

varName.attr('id');