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<html><body><p>Example list:</p><ul> <li id="myLI">Coffee</li> <li>Tea</li></ul><p>Click the button to get the node name of the parent element of the li element in the list.</p><button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button><p id="demo"></p><script>function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myLI").parentElement.nodeName; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;}</script></body></html>