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  • What is the difference between parent() and parents() methods in jQuery ?

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    Hello Readers,

    parent() : this function travels only one level in the DOM tree.

    parents() : this function search through the whole DOM tree.

    For Example :

    Given the following HTML :

    <html>  
        <body>  
           <div class=one>  
              <div class=two>  
                 <p><span>Some text</span></p>  
              </div>  
           </div>  
        </body>  
    </html>
    

    In the above code if we want to find the span parent element then we have to use the code like below:

    $('span').parent();
    

    It will return [p] tag object.

    Whereas if we call parents () method then we use the below code:

    $('span').parents()
    

    Then, we will get all the above element from current selected element such as jQuery object is [p, div.two, div.one, body, html]

    But jquery also provide some filter method, also for filter the search means if we want to find only div element then you have to use the code like below.

    $('span').parents().filter('div')
    

    OR

    $('span').parents('div')
    

    This will result in [div.two, div.one].

    If we want only first div in the parent DOM then we have to write code like below:

    $('span').parents('div:eq(0)')
    

    Result will be :

    'div.two'
    

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