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Applying Filters in jQuery Selectors

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$("tr:even"); //selects the even <tr> elements $("li:odd"); //selects the odd <li> elements $("div:first"); //selects the first <div> element $("div:last"); //selects the last <div> element $(":header"); //selects <h1>, <h2>, ... elements $("div:eq(5)"); //selects the 6th <div> element $("li:gt(1)"); //selects <div> elements after the first two $("li:lt(2)"); //selects the first two <div> elements $(":animated"); //selects elements currently animating

Often you need to refine your jQuery selectors to a more specific subset. One way to accomplish that is to use filtered selectors. Filtered selectors append a filter on the end of the selector statement that limits the results ...