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HTML

<ul id="list">
  <li class="lmit_1"><a href="#" >Home</a></li>
  <li class="lmit_2"><a href="#">About us</a></li>
  <li class="lmit_3"><a href="#">Who we are</a></li>
  <li class="lmit_4"><a href="#">Whats new</a></li>
  <li class="lmit_5"><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$('#list li').click(function () {
  alert($(this).attr('class').split('_')[1]);
});