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    <table border="1">
        <tr><td>TD #0</td><td>TD #1</td><td>TD #2</td></tr>
        <tr><td>TD #3</td><td>TD #4</td><td>TD #5</td></tr>
        <tr><td>TD #6</td><td>TD #7</td><td>TD #8</td></tr>
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30.6.Selector first last
30.6.1.Get first paragraph
30.6.2.Select first span
30.6.3.Get first child ID
30.6.4.lastChild() : One for each parent.
30.6.5.firstChild(): One for each parent.
30.6.6.Get last paragraph
30.6.7.Matches the first selected element
30.6.8.last() matches the last selected element.
30.6.9.first() matches only a single element
30.6.10.Matches the last selected element