Finds the last span in each matched div and adds some css plus a hover state.

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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(){ $("div span:last-child") $("div span:last-child") .css({color:"red", fontSize:"80%"}) .hover(function () { $(this).addClass("solast"); }, function () { $(this).removeClass("solast"); }); }); </script> <style> span.solast { text-decoration:line-through; } </style> </head> <body> <div> <span>John,</span> <span>Karl,</span> <span>Brandon,</span> <span>Sam</span> </div> <div> <span>Glen,</span> <span>Tane,</span> <span>Ralph,</span> <span>David</span> </div> </body> </html>
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