Call a function in a jquery plugin using an argument

Question

I've a basic jquery plugin where uses data attributes data-something="thing" to tell the plugin what function run inside of it.

I was using the next to do it:

// Plugin definition.
$.fn.plugin = function( options ) {
    // Iterate and reformat each matched element.
    return this.each(function() {
        var func = element.data('something');
        var response = plugin[func]($(this));
    });
};

And it works just fine. But i wanted to follow the jquery standars where functions should be called:

$.fn.plugin.thing($(this));

So...the question. How to archive that? Is that possible when the same of the function comes in text?

Thanks!

Answer 1

If I am interpreting your question correctly, you're looking to be able to use $.fn.plugin.func instead of $.fn.plugin[func] , where func is a variable storing a string that is the method name? If that is the case, I don't think it is possible because JavaScript will be looking for a method named func in the plugin variable as opposed to the method named after the string contained in the func variable.