Returns the index for the element with ID bar.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <style>div { font-weight: bold; color: #090; }</style> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var listItem = $('#bar'); $('div').html( 'Index: ' + $('li').index(listItem) ); }); </script> </head> <body> <ul> <li id="foo">foo</li> <li id="bar">bar</li> <li id="baz">baz</li> </ul> <div></div> </body> </html>
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