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<pre class="brush: css notranslate"><code><span class="token comment">/ Selects every odd column in a table /</span> <span class="token selector">:nth-last-col(odd)</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token property">background-color</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> pink<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span> </code></pre>

:nth-last-col

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The :nth-last-col() CSS pseudo-class is designed for tables and grids. It accepts the An+B notation such as used with the :nth-child selector, using this to target every nth column before it, therefore counting back from the end of the set of columns. The values odd and even are also valid.

/* Selects every odd column in a table */ :nth-last-col(odd) {   background-color: pink; } 

Syntax

The nth-last-col pseudo-class is specified with a single argument, which represents the pattern for matching elements.

See :nth-child for a more detailed explanation of its syntax.

Formal syntax

:nth-last-col

Examples

Basic example

<table>   <tr>     <td>one</td>     <td>two</td>     <td>three</td>     <td>four</td>   </tr>   <tr>   <td>one</td>     <td>two</td>     <td>three</td>     <td>four</td>   </tr> </table> 

td {   border: 1px solid #ccc;   padding: .2em; }  /* Odd columns starting with the final column of the table */ :nth-last-col(2n+1) {   background-color: pink; } 

Specifications

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See also

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