# event.data

Categories: Events > Event Object

## event.data Returns: Anything

Description: The optional data passed to jQuery.fn.bind when the current executing handler was bound.

- #### version added: 1.1event.data

### Example:

#### The description of the example.

    $("a").each(function(i) {
      $(this).bind('click', {index:i}, function(e){
         alert('my index is ' + e.data.index);
      });
    });