uses css selection pattern so: #id for by id and .class for by class
paths are separated by spaces. e.g. $(‘.tableClass tr’) and can be further filtered with the following predicates:
| Selector | Result |
| : first | if the pattern has multiple matches, returns the first match |
| : last | if the pattern has multiple matches, returns the last match |
| : even | if the pattern has multiple matches, returns every even ordinal match |
| : odd | if the pattern has multiple matches, returns every odd ordinal match |
| > | the next selector in the path has to be an immediate child of the preceding one |
| [attribute=value] | select elements with the required attribute match a[href=#] |
The selection can be a string containing html that is to be added to the DOM for the page