So I am having trouble accessing a custom data attribute in my web application, and debugging in google chrome gives me "$myModalInputs[4].attr is not a function" and I am just wondering where I am going wrong.
(you can ingore the loop, its not working yet but it is also not the source of my headache)
function displayData(myInputs){
var $myModal = $(".modal-body");
var $myModalInputs = $($myModal.find(".form-control").toArray());
// error is at this line:
alert($myModalInputs[4].attr("data-control-number"));
for (var i = 0; i < myInputs.length; i++)
{
var $currentValue = myInputs[i].value;
var $currentControl = $('.modal-body[data-control-number="' + i + '"]');
alert($currentControl.data("control-number"));
}}
html section that is in scope
<div id="myModal" class="modal">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>
<h4>New Line Item</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>Cost Center:</label>
<br />
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="1"></asp:DropDownList>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>Account Number</label>
<br />
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList2" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="2"></asp:DropDownList>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>JON:</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox5" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="3"></asp:TextBox>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>Item Name:</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox6" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="4"></asp:TextBox>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>Item Description:</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox7" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="5"></asp:TextBox>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>Quantity:</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox8" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="6"></asp:TextBox>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>Unit Price:</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox9" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="7"></asp:TextBox>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-6">
<label>Tax:</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox10" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="8"></asp:TextBox>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<label>Receipt/Attachment:</label>
<asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" CssClass="form-control" runat="server" data-control-number="9"/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div> <!--End Modal Body -->
<div class="modal-footer">
<div id="moda-buttons">
<button></button>
<button></button>
</div>
<div id="modal-pagination">
<ul class="pagination"></ul>
</div>
</div>
</div> <!-- End Modal Content -->
</div>
</div>
interesting thing is I can get the value of the input at that index in array, I can even get the id if i use .id. I just can not get the custom data attribute, which I guess I do not 100% need, but it would make the application less dependent on the html.
Also, I get the same error if i use the .data() as suggested HERE
Note: As show by the HTML my input controls are asp/.net
If anyone can shed some light onto this it would be greatly appericated.