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<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        var str = $(this).text();
        alert(str)


    });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <table>
            <tr><td>A</td></tr>
            <tr><td>B</td></tr>
            <tr><td>C</td></tr>
            <tr><td>D</td></tr>
      </table>
  
  </body>
</html>








30.105.this
30.105.1.this pointer
30.105.2.Use this to reference document
30.105.3.Use jQuery object instead of the regular DOM element, use the $(this) function