Mega Code Archive
Find the very previous sibling of each paragraph that has a class selected
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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() {
$("p").prev(".selected").css("background", "yellow");
});
</script>
<style>
.selected { color:blue; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<span>Hello</span></div>
<p class="selected">Hello Again</p>
<p>And Again</p>
</body>
</html>
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