:lt(i)

returns elements that are less than the specifed index element.

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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Parsing Test</h1>
<h2>p, span and divs</h2>
<p>paragraph</p>
<div class="divClass"><p>wrapped with div</p></div>
<div class="divClass"><p>second child div</p></div>
<p id="para">paragraph with id</p>
<div id="ancestor" class="parent">
    <p class="descendant">descendant<span class="more_descendant"> and some<i class="more_descendant"> more!</i></span></p>
    <p class="child">child of div<span class="not_child"> child of p</span></p>
</div>
<h3>lists</h3>
<div id="list">
    <ul id="firstList">
        <li>first</li>
        <li>second</li>
        <li>third</li>
        <li>forth</li>
    </ul>
    <ul id="secondList">
        <li>fifth</li>
        <li>sixth</li>
        <li>seventh</li>
        <li>eighth</li>
    </ul>
    <ul id="thirdList">
        <li>nineth</li>
        <li>
            <ul id="forthList">
                <li>tenth</li>
                <li>eleventh</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <ul id="Fifth List">
        <li>twelfth</li>
    </ul>
</div>
<h4>lang</h4>
<div lang="en-us">Hello</div>
<div lang="es-es">Hola</div>
<h5>inputs</h5>
<form>
    <fieldset>
        <input type="button" value="Button1">
        <input type="checkbox">
        <input type="checkbox" checked>
        <input type="checkbox" checked="checked">

        <input type="file">
        <input type="hidden">
        <input type="image">

        <input type="text" disabled="disabled" value="Email">
        <input type="text" value="Conform address" disabled>
        <input type="password">

        <input type="radio">
        <input type="reset">

        <input type="submit">
        <input type="text">
        <select>
            <option>Option</option>
        </select>

        <textarea></textarea>
        <button>Button2</button>
    </fieldset>
</form>
</body>
</html>
        

Example


Q_open('http://localhost:4000/pyHTMLParser/test.html')

li = Q('#firstList > li:lt(3)')

if isinstance(li, pyNode):
    print(li.html())
elif isinstance(li, pyNodeList):
    for node in li:
        print(node.html())

Q_close()
        

Output


>> first
>> second
>> third