get href attribute of enclosing link tag

Question

Having a little trouble on this one. I need a way using Jquery/JS to find the HREF attribute of the enclosing link tag:

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Answer 1

.parent() is all you need!

$("img.active").parent().attr("href");

Here is the documentation :)

As per Kyle's comment, and in an attempt to make something as robust as possible, you could try:

$("img.active").closest('a[href]').attr("href");

that way, even if your html looks like this:

you'll still get what you need :)