jquery find by attr and change parent -

i want change class of parent element found find method of jquery:

$("#navi").find("a[href='" + ultiparent + "']").addclass("active"); 

works, result <a class="active" href="blub">

$("#navi").find("a[href='" + ultiparent + "']").parent().addclass("active"); 

does not work!

i need <li class="active"><a href="blub">

thank you!

i think want this

onclick of link href , add class parent li

js

$("ul li a").click(function(e) {     event.preventdefault();      var = $(this).attr("href")     $("ul li").removeclass("active")     $(this).parents("li").addclass("active")     alert(a) }); 

http://jsfiddle.net/victor_007/5umm5aee/