How to select all elements up to class(CSS)?

Question

css

It has the following structure:

<li>1</li>
<li>1</li>
<li>1</li>
....
....
<li class="class">2</li>
<li>2</li>
<li>2</li>

How to select all elements up to class "class". Those. everything above this class, with a conditional value of 1
Only css and jquery selectors are available

Answer 1

$( "li.class" ).prevAll()
UPD:
li:not(.class, .class ~ li)

Answer 2

Substitute the method you need, I just added a class

$('li.class', 'ul').prevAll().addClass('prev-item');

Answer 3

set those items that are needed - a separate class and not reinvent the wheel)