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at March 12, 2009 05:07 by 1man
Initial Code 
//jQuery only
var selected = $('ul#mylist li').index( $('.selected',$('ul#mylist')) );

//Dirty Javascript / jQuery way
var selected = 0;
// Iterate through item in the list. If we find the selected item, return false to break out of the loop
$(‘ul#mylist li’).each(function(index){
    if ($(this).hasClass(‘selected’)){
        selected = index;
        return false;

    }
});
Initial URL 
http://crad.tumblr.com/post/85523431/jquery-tip-how-to-break-out-of-each
Initial Description 
Never used the index() method in jQuery but could be useful to know. Find a selected elements index when you click on it. Note the $('ul#mylist') inside the index method, gives the search some context of where to look for .selected, saves looking through all the DOM.
Initial Title 
Find selected elements index
Initial Tags 
jquery
Initial Language 
jQuery