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Get parent with certain class

    

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
              $("p").parent(".selected").css("background", "yellow");

        });
    </script>
    <style>
      .y { background:yellow; }
  </style>

  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
       <div><span class="selected">asdf</p></span>
            <span>asdf</span>
       </div>

  </body>
</html>








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