can/view/stache/doc/helpers/data.md

MIT-licensed, client-side, JavaScript framework that makes building rich web applications easy.

@function can.stache.helpers.data {{data name}}
@parent can.stache.htags 7
@signature `{{data name[ key]}}`

Adds the current [can.stache.context context] to the
element's [can.data].

@param {String} name The name of the data attribute to use for the
context.

@body

## Use

It is common to want some data in the template to be available
on an element.  `{{data name}}` allows you to save the
context so it can later be retrieved by [can.data] or
`$.fn.data`. 

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### Getting more specific

By passing a key name as the second argument to the data helper, you can specify which data is used: `{{data name key}}`.

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