Question

I’m new to using ‘this’, but if I am understanding this correctly, I can only use this inside a function defined within another.

In this case I am selecting a li item based on its a href and I need to add a class if it meets the criteria. I feel like I’m close but missing something small, ‘url[1]’ is from a split.

if ($('#Navbar li a:contains(' + url[1] + ')').attr('href')) {
    function () {
        $(this).parent().addClass('active');
    }
}

EDIT:
I am looping through my Li objects based and comparing the href’s to look for a match. Thanks to everyone for helping me through this. I have a much better understanding of this now:

     $('#Navbar li a').each(function () {
     if ($(this).attr('href')==url[1]) {
            $(this).parent().addClass('active');
         }
     });

Answer 1

 $('#Navbar li a').each(function () {
 if ($(this).attr('href')==url[1]) {
        $(this).parent().addClass('active');
     }
 });

The loop was the trick. Thanks: @roasted @brenjt @Maverick