Make a demo page or a html page. Some common mistakes
1. Did you include jQuery? 2. Did you write something like var $table =$('table') before using $table.find() ? On Dec 30, 7:30 pm, Samuel Wu <samuel.yh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, everyone > > I started writing jquery from last week with the help from a very good > book Learning Jquery. > > I met a problem when reading the book, which has the script: > > <code> > $table.find('tbody tr').show() > .lt(2) > .hide() > .end() > .gt(5) > .end(); > </code> > > Where 2 and 5 are different from the book, but I think it has no > effect to the problem. > > I haven't met a lt or gt method before, I can only write > <code> > $table.find('tbody tr:lt(2)').hide(); > $table.find('tbody tr:gt(5)').hide(); > </code> > > I tried the author's code, which didn't work on my browser. the > browser said > "TypeError: $("table").find("tbody tr").show().lt is not a function" > > I also tried this way: > <code> > var $trow=$table.find('tbody tr') > $trow.lt(2).hide() > <code> > > the problem still exists there. > > My question is: > Is lt or gt a method used as a selector ? > If I want to implement the chain actions like the first code, how > could I do that? > > Any help is appreciated. thanks very much. Happy new year.