jquery - Using javascript, how to select an li relative to a specific other li -

given following html list:

<ul>    ...    <li>    <li>    // <-- item selected    <li>    <li class='current'>    <li>    <li>    <li>    ... </ul>

how select li 2 instances ahead of li class current? pure javascript or jquery solution great!

making more generic, i.e if want select li possibly(2nd or 3rd or ever instance appears prior selector), try

$('li.current').prevall(':eq('  + n-1 + ')');

here n instance # talking (since 0 based index). in case be:

$('li.current').prevall(':eq(1)');

do remember prevall returns elements in order starting selector, can provide index of element position in prevall eq selector.

Bradly