How to select parent element?

Question

How do I select the parent element of <a class="4"> ?

<ul>
    <li>
        <a class="2">
    <li>
        <a class="4">
    <li>
        <a class="6">
</ul>

Something like this?

$(".4, li > a").addclass("active");

Possible duplicate of [How to find a parent with a known class in JQuery?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5333426/how-to-find-a-parent-with-a-known-class-in-jquery) — David Wilkinson, May 03 '16 at 08:59

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '16 at 08:58

3

using jQuery :

$(".4").parent().addclass("active");

answered May 03 '16 at 08:58

FrenchTechLead

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