jQuery find an element by its index

Question

If I have a selection

    
item 1
    
item 2
    
item 3
             


        
      

Answer 1

Use eq() method.

$("#container > div").eq(1)

You can even use :eq(1) pseudo selector.

$("#container > div:eq(1)")

.eq(index) reduces the set of matched elements to the one at the specified index.

:eq(index) selects the element at index n within the matched set.