Testing methods to store data about dome elements

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Preparation HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.js"></script>

<div id="target" class="target"></div>
<script>
  target = $("#target")
</script>

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Testing using class
for (var i = 0; i < 101; i++) {
 if (!target.hasClass("foo")) {
  target.attr("class", "target foo");
 }
}
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Testing using $.data
for (var i = 0; i < 101; i++) {
 if ($.data(target.get(0), "status", "foo")) {
  target.attr("class", "target foo");
  $.data(target, "status", "foo");
 }
}
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