$('table td:eq(2) a') return the a tag of the third column but only from the first row.
Why?
$(‘table td:eq(2) a’) return the a tag of the third column but only from
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$('table td:eq(2) a') return the a tag of the third column but only from the first row.
Why?
It is not a bug but it is definitely confusing. What will give you the result you expect is:
While :nth-child and :eq seem very similar the behavior can be quite different as can be seen from the result you expected.
The jQuery documentation on this can be found here.
It states:
In simpler words, eq(2) will select the third element in the while result set while :nth-child(3) will select the 3 child of its parent. And in this case the parent will be its tr.