Adding index number to each chosen element:
// DOM elements $("div").each(function(index, value) { console.log('div' + index + ':' + $(this).attr('id')); }); // outputs: div1:header, div2:body, div3:footer // arrays var numberArray = [0,1,2,3,4,5]; jQuery.each(numberArray , function(index, value){ console.log(index + ':' + value); }); // outputs: 1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 // objects var obj = { one:1, two:2, three:3, four:4, five:5 }; jQuery.each(obj, function(i, val) { console.log(val); }); // outputs: 1 2 3 4 5 // json (function($) { var json = [ { "red": "#f00" }, { "green": "#0f0" }, { "blue": "#00f" } ]; $.each(json, function() { $.each(this, function(name, value) { // do stuff console.log(name + '=' + value); }); }); // outputs: red=#f00 green=#0f0 blue=#00f })(jQuery);