Is this an even or odd element?
The callback to .each is passed the element's index and the element:
$('div').each(function(i, el) { // As a side note, this === el. if (i % 2 === 0) { /* we are even */ } else { /* we are odd */ }});
$('div').each( function(index) { //do something different based on whether even or odd div if (index % 2 == 0) {} // even else {} // odd});
If you know that all of the elements are children of the same parent, you can use the index provided by each
$('div').each( function(index) { if (index%2 == 0) {} else {}});otherwise, use the index function which will calculate the index of the element among its siblings.
$('div').each( function() { if ($(this).index()%2 == 0) {} else {}});