Mega Code Archive
Click to find all unique div parent elements of each span
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< html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
function showParents() {
var len = $("span")
.parents("div")
.css("border", "2px red solid")
.length;
$("b").text("Unique div parents: " + len);
}
$("span").click(function () {
showParents();
});
});
</script>
<style>
.selected { color:blue; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<div>
<div><span>span</span></div>
<span>span</span>
</div>
<div>
<span>span</span>
</div>
<b></b>
</body>
</html>
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