[jQuery] Get attribute of the parent element into a variable

[Matt M.]

Hi, All. Kind of new to jQuery, but having fun with it. Would like to
learn how to do the following...

1) Target the active <a>.
2) Find the parent <li>.
3) Grab the value of the attribute "jcarouselindex" and put it in a
variable to be used elsewhere.

Sample code below...

<ul id="carousel">
  <li class="carousel-item" jcarouselindex="1">
    <a href="/someurl"><img src="someimage.jpg" alt="" />
  </li>
  <li class="carousel-item" jcarouselindex="1">
    <a class="active" href="/someurl"><img src="someimage.jpg" alt="" /
>
  </li>
</ul>

Thanks for your help!