ancestor_selector

jQuery plugin for selecting ancestors

example

<div id='d1' class='a b'><div class='x'></div></div>
<div id='d2' class='a c'><div class='x'></div></div>
<div id='d3' class='a b'><div class='y'></div></div>
<div id='d4' class='a b'><div class='x'></div></div>

$('body').ancestors('.a > .x < .b') returns the DIVs #d1 and #d4 as jQuery element.

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