jQuery - get index of element, restricted to class

Question

Given the following html:

<div class="my-container">
    <div class="x">
        <a href="#">Link 1</a>
    </div>
    <div class="x">
        <a href="#">Link 2</a>
    </div>
    <div class="x">
        <a href="#">Link 3</a>
    </div>
    <div class="x y">
        <a href="#">Link 4</a>
    </div>
    <div class="x">
        <a href="#">Link 5</a>
    </div>
    <div class="x y">
        <a href="#">Link 6</a>
    </div>
    <div class="x">
        <a href="#">Link 7</a>
    </div>
</div>

Which elements get the y class - is a dynamic thing, which changes during runtime based on different user interactions.

On mouse over an anchor (I can assume that the anchor is in a div with the y class, because only those are visible), I need to get the index of it's container (that div with the y class), but restricted to that y class.

Meaning:

1. mouseover on "Link 4" should tell me: 0 (first element with class y )
2. mouseover on "Link 6" should tell me: 1 (second element with class y )

.index() doesn't help me here

EDIT: @Kevin B I've read the docs, but couldn't make it work. The closest thing I could find there was to pass a collection to .index() , which I've tried. But didn't work (also, their example for the collection is with vanilla js document.getElementById - that didn't work for me, need to work with classes; tried to adapt: myCollection = $(this).closest('.my-container').children('.y') and passed that to .index() , and it didn't work). I wouldn't post without google-ing first and also going through the docs, don't know why the down vote (not pointing any fingers, I'm not assuming I know who's is it). Just because I said ".index()" doesn't help me"? Well, I've tried whatever I understood I could do with it, and couldn't make it happen. That's why I posted.

Answer 1

As said in the comments, index is exactly what you need:

$(document).ready(function() {
  //mousein
  $("a").hover(function(){
     var parent = $('.my-container').eq(2); // the 3rd "my-container"
     console.log(parent.find('.y a').index(this)); //-1 if elm doesnt exist
  },
  //mouseout
  function(){

  })
});

Answer 2

As said in the comments, index is exactly what you need:

$(document).ready(function() {
  //mousein
  $("a").hover(function(){
     console.log($(this).index('.y a')); //-1 if elm doesnt exist
  },
  //mouseout
  function(){

  })
});

Answer 3

 var count = 1; $(".my-container div").on('mouseover',function(){ if ($(this).attr("class").indexOf('y') > -1){ alert(count + "th mouseover on y class"); count++; } }) 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="my-container"> <div class="x"> <a href="#">Link 1</a> </div> <div class="x"> <a href="#">Link 2</a> </div> <div class="x"> <a href="#">Link 3</a> </div> <div class="xy"> <a href="#">Link 4</a> </div> <div class="x"> <a href="#">Link 5</a> </div> <div class="xy"> <a href="#">Link 6</a> </div> <div class="x"> <a href="#">Link 7</a> </div> </div>