jQuery Examples - $("tr:odd")

Description

"$("tr:odd")" Selects all elements matched by <tr> that have an odd index value.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this selector −

$("element:odd")

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this selector −

element − Any standard HTML tag name like div, p, em, img, li etc.
:odd − odd row selector

Returns

Like any other jQuery selector, this selector also returns an array filled with the found elements.

Example

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The Selector Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            /* Selects all elements matched by <li> that have an even index value.*/
            $("tr:odd").css("background-color", "yellow");
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <table border="1" width="10%">
         <tr><td>0</td></tr>
         <tr><td>1</td></tr>
         <tr><td>2</td></tr>
         <tr><td>3</td></tr>
         <tr><td>4</td></tr>
         <tr><td>5</td></tr>
      </table>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

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