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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(){
             $("div").prev(".selected").css("background", "yellow");


        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
          <div class="selected">asdf</div>
          <div>asdf</div>

          
  </body>
</html>








30.81.prev
30.81.1.Get previous one
30.81.2.Get previous tag
30.81.3.Find the very previous sibling of each paragraph that has a class "selected".