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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>jQuery lt selector demo</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; }
    td { border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; }
    table { border-collapse: collapse; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <table>
    <tr><td>TD #0</td><td>TD #1</td><td>TD #2</td></tr>
    <tr><td>TD #3</td><td>TD #4</td><td>TD #5</td></tr>
    <tr><td>TD #6</td><td>TD #7</td><td>TD #8</td></tr>
  </table>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $("td:lt(4)").css("backgroundColor", "yellow");
    $("td:lt(-2)").css("color", "red");
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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