Assuming "row" means the number of <tr>, and your tables looks like: <table> <tr><td>data</td></tr> <tr><td>data</td></tr> <tr><td>data</td></tr> <tr><td>data</td></tr> <tr><td>data</td></tr> </table>
you can do something like: var count = $("table tr").length; http://docs.jquery.com/Core/length On Feb 8, 8:23 am, pantagruel <rasmussen.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am selecting the row of a table. I would like to be able to count > how many rows there are in the table before the row I just selected. i > suppose there is a jQuery selector that will do this. > > Thanks