find number of nodes between two elements with jquery?

Question

I\'m having a little trouble figuring out a fast way to accomplish a (seemingly) simple task. Say I have the following html:

  
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Answer 1

Try the closest() function

http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/closest#expr

This will give you the total number of ul parents:

var numofuls = $(this).parents('ul').length;