using jQuery to find elements ordering when the elements are inside different parent elements
<p>I have something like this:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;div&gt;
    &lt;ul id="ul_element_id"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;
            &lt;a id="first"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;
            &lt;a id="second"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;
            &lt;a id="third"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Is there a quick way to figure out $('#first') is the first guy in relation to other  elements?</p>
