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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.








30.5.Selector even odd index
30.5.1.gt(index) matches all elements with an index above the given one.
30.5.2.even() matches even elements, zero-indexed.
30.5.3.eq(index) matches a single element by its index.
30.5.4.lt(index) matches all elements with an index below the given one.
30.5.5.odd() matches odd elements, zero-indexed.
30.5.6.Even number tags
30.5.7.Matches all elements with an index above the given one
30.5.8.Matches all elements with an index below the given one
30.5.9.Matches even elements, zero-indexed
30.5.10.Matches odd elements, zero-indexed.htm
30.5.11.Odd number paragraph
30.5.12.Positional selectors supported by jQuery: selecting elements based on their position in the DOM
30.5.13.Matches a single element by its index