css selectors nth-child - to target first (n) children

Question

I have been trying to target only the first four list items in the using css selector nth-child and/or nth-last-child

    
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Answer 1

Your code works if you fix the typo:

jsFiddle example

Although a better solution may be:

 ul li:nth-child(-n+4) {
     font-weight:bold;
 }

jsFiddle example