Find previous td in JQuery

<pre class="brush: js">// Comment

<table>

<tr><td><asp:Label ID="lblAmt" runat="server"  CssClass="jqHDHP">5.00</asp:Label ID><td> </td><td><asp:Label ID="lblTotal" runat="server"  CssClass="jqNet">5.00</asp:Label ID></td></td></tr></table> 

// In this Jquery snippet we will loop over  total label (jqNet) & find the value of Amount label which is previous to previous td of total label
//var sNet = $(this).html(); 
 alert(total); });
 alert(total);
 });

 $('.jqNet').each(function () {

 var total = parseFloat($(this).closest('td').prev().closest('td').prev().find('.jqHDHP').html()); 

}
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