I can't find the key word or way to get the position in the set of list items.  Here is the example code:

$('.mainMenu a').click(function(){

     var $target = $(this).attr('id');

     /* var $number = $(this).offset(); */

     $("#response").text("Menu choice '" + $target + "' was chosen, OK! "

     + "it was the '" + $number + "' item on the list");

});

Also how do you generate a line break or CR

Thanks!