How to use child selectors in Javascript?

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Suppose I have a div like:

<div class="parent">

<p class="child">Hello1</p>

<p class="child">Hello2</p>

<p class="child">Hello3</p>

</div>

Using JavaScript, how can I select the second child of the parent?

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  1. Abhishek Sur Beginner
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    March 16, 2016 at 7:43 am
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    Using javascript  you can do, but it is recommended to use Jquery to reduce the code.

    For instance using Javascript :
    function findMatches(){
    var matches = [];
    var searchEles = document.getElementsByClassName(“parent”)[0].children;
    for(var i = 0; i < searchEles.length; i++) {
    if(searchEles[i].tagName == ‘P’) {
    if(searchEles[i].getAttribute(‘class’) == ‘child’) {
    matches.push(searchEles[i]);
    }
    }
    }
    }

    In this case, all the matches corresponding to the parent element will be returned.
    When in Jquery, your function will be like this :
    function findMatches(){
    return $(‘.parent’).find(‘.child’);
    }

    I would personally recommend to use jquery for these operations because of lesser code and compressed javascript output on browser.

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