jQuery use data-src to change value of a div

Question

I'm using a <select></select> dropdown and I want to change the value of the div #price, however I need to use the value selector to send the data to another form. My question is can i use two options in the value="" or is it possible to use another selector such as the data="" below?

<select id="choose">
    <option value="test1" data="4.00">Test1</option>
    <option value="test2" data="6.00">Test2</option>
    <option value="test3" data="7.00">Test3</option>
</select>
<div id="price"></div>

The jQuery below only returns test1 test2 etc, how do i return a custom data value?

<script type="text/javascript">
  jQuery('#choose').change(function(event) {
     jQuery('#price').html(jQuery('#choose').val());
  });
</script>

Thanks you for your help.

Answer 1

You can find the selected option element using the :selected selector and then get the value of the data attribute

jQuery('#choose').change(function (event) {
    jQuery('#price').html(jQuery('#choose option:selected').attr('data'));
}).change(); //to iniitize the value on load

Demo: Fiddle

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But it will be better to use a data-* attribute

<select id="choose">
    <option value="test1" data-value="4.00">Test1</option>
    <option value="test2" data-value="6.00">Test2</option>
    <option value="test3" data-value="7.00">Test3</option>
</select>
<div id="price"></div>

then

jQuery('#choose').change(function (event) {
    jQuery('#price').html(jQuery('#choose option:selected').data('value'));
}).change();

Demo: Fiddle