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<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>parent vs parent method</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; }
    li { margin: 6px 0; }
    #output { margin-top: 12px; padding: 12px; background: #e0f2fe; border: 1px solid #0284c7; white-space: pre-line; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <ul>
    <li>Plain item</li>
    <li><span>Nested span</span></li>
    <li></li>
  </ul>
  <div id="output"></div>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $("#output").text(
      "li:parent → " + $("li:parent").length +
      "\nspan.parent() tag → " + $("span").parent().prop("tagName")
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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