What does this attribute below mean?
<p>I have seen this example on the web:</p>

<pre><code>$('#questionTextArea').each( function() {

    var $this = $(this);
    var $questionText = $("&lt;textarea class='textAreaQuestion'&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;")
                   .attr('name',$this.attr('name'))
                   .attr('value',$this.val());

    $question.append($questionText);

    });
</code></pre>

<p>Where it says '.attr('name',$this.attr('name'))', what does that mean? Does that give the same 'name' attribute as the 'id' attribute #questionTextArea or the same 'name' as the 'class' attribute 'textAreaQuestion'?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>
