jQuery Find and List all LI elements within a UL within a specific DIV

Question

I have 3 Columns of ULs each a Dynamic UL container that can have anywhere from 0-9 LI containers (eventually more). All my LI elements have an attribute \"rel\" which I am

Answer 1

$('li[rel=7]').siblings().andSelf();

// or:

$('li[rel=7]').parent().children();

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Now that you added that comment explaining that you want to "form an array of rels per column", you should do this:

var rels = [];

$('ul').each(function() {
    var localRels = [];

    $(this).find('li').each(function(){
        localRels.push( $(this).attr('rel') );
    });

    rels.push(localRels);
});