Specify multiple columns with nth-child()

Question

Hello,

I'm using nth-child in my jquery selector to identify columns to modify. I have 5 columns (1-5) and I want to modify only 2,3, and 4. Is there a way to do this with nth-child? Something like:

$('#example tbody tr td:nth-child(2||3||4)')

I have tried several combinations but nothing seems to work. Im pretty new to jQuery selectors any help you could throw at me would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, Joe Chin

Answer 1

$('#example tbody tr td:not(:last-child, :first-child)')

Answer 2

You could use .nextUntil() like this:

$('#example tbody tr td:nth-child(1)').nextUntil(':nth-child(5)');​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Answer 3

I would use slice, it is more dynamic.

$('#example tbody tr td').slice(1,4)

Heres the API for the slice method.