Active navigation with jQuery - can't apply a default class to anchor

Question

I am currently trying to make a navigation-menu where an active-class is applied to the anchors whose href attributes that match the c

Answer 1

Give this code a shot, its something I put together for the company that I work for.

// highlight tab function
var path = location.pathname;
var home = "/";
$("a[href='" + [path || home] + "']").parents("li").each(function() {   
    $(this).addClass("selected");
});