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Parents(expr) gets elements containing the unique ancestors
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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(){
var parentEls = $("p").parents()
.map(function () {
return this.tagName;
})
.get().join(", ");
$("p").append("<strong>" + parentEls + "</strong>");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<div><p>Hello</p></div>
<div class="selected"><p>Hello Again</p></div>
</body>
</html>
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