[jQuery] Newbie "Parent" question

[Matt W]

Hi folks,

I started working with jQuery for the first time yesterday- and I've
got something that I'm hoping you all may be able to help me figure
out.

I would think that this (simple?) bit of code would 1) find all the
<a> tags with class "addcomment", and then 2)assign an onClick that
would create an alert box displaying the class of the containing
block. But the second to last line with the alert doesnt seem to be
working. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt


$("a").filter(".addcomment").click(function() {
     alert($(this).parent.attr('class'));
});