jQuery Selector :nth-last-of-type()
with odd and even
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p:nth-last-of-type(odd)").css("background-color", "yellow"); $("p:nth-last-of-type(even)").css("background-color", "pink"); });//from w w w.j ava 2 s . c om </script> </head> <body> <p>The first paragraph in body (even).</p> <p>The last paragraph in body (odd).</p> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in div (even).</p> <p>The second paragraph in div (odd).</p> <p>The third paragraph in div (even).</p> <p>The last paragraph in div (odd).</p> <span>This is a span element.</span> </div><br> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>The first paragraph in another div (even).</p> <p>The second paragraph in another div (odd).</p> <p>The third paragraph in another div (even).</p> <p>The last paragraph in another div (odd).</p> </div> </body> </html>