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How to select a range of elements in jQuery.

How do I select paragraph by there’s order?

e.g first 4 I can select by

('#main p:lt(4)');

but how can I select paragraph from 5 to 8, from 8 to 12 etc.. ?

HTML

<div class="main">
    <p>text1</p>
    <p>text2</p>
    <p>text3</p>
    <p>text4</p>
    <p>text5</p>
    <p>text6</p>
    <p>text7</p>
    <p>text8</p>
    <p>text9</p>
    <p>text10</p>
    <p>text11</p>
    <p>text12</p>
</div>

Any help much appreciated.

Pete

Answer 1

5 to 8 is greter then 4 and lower then 9:

$('#main p:gt(4):lt(9)');