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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<head>
<title>:nth-of-type() pseudo-class</title>
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[.red { background-color : red }
p:nth-of-type(3) { background-color : lime }
dl > :nth-of-type(3n+1) { background-color : lime }
]]></style>
<link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors"/> <!-- bogus link to make sure it gets found -->
</head>
<body>
<p>This paragraph is here only to fill space in the DOM</p>
<address>And this address too..</address>
<p>So does this paragraph !</p>
<p class="red">But this one should have green background</p>
<dl>
<dt class="red">First definition term that should have green background</dt>
<dd class="red">First definition that should have green background</dd>
<dt>Second definition term</dt>
<dd>Second definition</dd>
<dt>Third definition term</dt>
<dd>Third definition</dd>
<dt class="red">Fourth definition term that should have green background</dt>
<dd class="red">Fourth definition that should have green background</dd>
<dt>Fifth definition term</dt>
<dd>Fifth definition</dd>
<dt>Sixth definition term</dt>
<dd>Sixth definition</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>