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eq( index )

Reduce the set of matched elements to a single element.
The position of the element in the set of matched elements starts at 0 and goes to length - 1.
Arguments:
indexInteger
The index of the element in the jQuery object.

Examples:
Turn the div with index 2 red by adding an appropriate class.

    $("div").eq(2).addClass("red");

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    
    $("div").eq(2).addClass("red");

  });
  </script>
  <style>
  div { width:60px; height:60px; margin:10px; float:left;
        border:2px solid blue; }
  .red { background:red; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
</body>
</html>

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