Finds TDs less than the one with the 4th index (TD 4).

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("td:lt(4)").css("color", "red"); }); </script> </head> <body> <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> </table> </body> </html>
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