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Positional selectors supported by jQuery: selecting elements based on their position in the DOM

  


Selector                   Description
:first                     The first match of the page. 
:last                      The last match of the page. 
:first-child               The first child element. 
:last-child                The last child element. 
:only-child                Returns all elements that have no siblings.
:nth-child(n)              The nth child element. 
:nth-child(even|odd)       Even or odd children. 
:nth-child(Xn+Y)           The nth child element.
:even and :odd             Even and odd matching elements page-wide.
:eq(n)                     The nth matching element.
:gt(n)                     Matching elements after (and excluding) the nth matching element.
:lt(n)                     Matching elements before (and excluding) the nth matching element.

   
    
  








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