jQuery - Getting the second level parent of an element

Question

I am trying to retrieve the parent of an <a> element's parent (grandparent?). I want to find that grandparent, then find a <b> tag in that element, then store that text as a variable to publish elsewhere on the page. I've been trying to use the parent() function but without success.

Here's the code I tried:

    $('.mixPlayCell a').click( function() {         var title = $(this).parent().get(0).parent().get(0).text();         alert(title);     }); 

Answer 1

For selecting a second parent

parents(':eq(1)') 

looks smoother than

parent().parent() 

Also, you might find that

closest('ul') 

fits the job better.

Answer 2

try:

$(this).parent().parent().find('.thingtofind').text();