Set a data store for 2 names then remove one of them.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("span:eq(0)").text("" + $("div").data("test1")); $("div").data("test1", "VALUE-1"); $("div").data("test2", "VALUE-2"); $("span:eq(1)").text("" + $("div").data("test1")); $("div").removeData("test1"); $("span:eq(2)").text("" + $("div").data("test1")); $("span:eq(3)").text("" + $("div").data("test2")); }); </script> <style> div { margin:2px; color:blue; } span { color:red; } </style> </head> <body> <div>value1 before creation: <span></span></div> <div>value1 after creation: <span></span></div> <div>value1 after removal: <span></span></div> <div>value2 after removal: <span></span></div> </body> </html>
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