title: jQuery plugins - accessing element from the options
body: <p>Most jQuery plugins have options like this one for example (cycle):</p>
  
  <pre><code> $("ul").cycle({
      fx: 'fade',
      startingSlide: 1,
      speed: 500,
      pause: true});
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The plugin will do his thing on all elements with the class/ID you specify, in this case all <code>&lt;UL&gt;</code> elements.
  How can I access this <code>&lt;UL&gt;</code>'s child elements from within one of these options.</p>
  
  <p>For example <code>startingSlide</code> only accepts numbers, and I want to pass a function that returns a number, instead of just a number.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that within that function I don't know how to access the <strong>current</strong> <code>&lt;UL&gt;</code> the plugin is working with (not all ULs)</p>