Try this
var ans = $("#carousel li a.active").parent().attr("carouselindex");
Cheers,
Bryan
On May 14, 2:49 pm, "Matt M." <quink...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been learning jQuery and have been loving it so far. But can't
> figure out how to do the following...
>
> 1) Find the <a> inside a <ul> that has an active class.
> 2) Grab the value from the parent <li> and put it into a variable to
> be used elsewhere.
>
> Here is the example markup...
>
> <ul id="carousel">
> <li class="carousel-item" carouselindex="1">
> <a href="/someurl"><img src="/someimg" alt="" /></a>
> </li>
> <li class="carousel-item" carouselindex="2">
> <a class="active" href="/someurl"><img src="/someimg" alt="" /></
> a>
> </li>
> </ul>
>
> So, in this example, I'd like to return a variable that = 2.
>
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
