Finds the second li in each matched ul and notes it.

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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(){ $("ul li:nth-child(2)").append("<span> - 2nd!</span>"); }); </script> <style> div { float:left; } span { color:blue; } </style> </head> <body> <div><ul> <li>John</li> <li>Karl</li> <li>Brandon</li> </ul></div> <div><ul> <li>Sam</li> </ul></div> <div><ul> <li>Glen</li> <li>Tane</li> <li>Ralph</li> <li>David</li> </ul></div> </body> </html>
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