How to get the index of list Items on click of li using jquery

Question

Is there a way through which I can get the index of list Items on click of li element using JavaScript/jQuery?

<ul>
  <li>item1</li>
  <li>item2</li>
  <li>item3</li>
</ul>

Answer 1

$('ul li').click(function(){ alert($(this).index()); });