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Chapter 2. Selecting Elements with jQuery > Selecting Specific Siblings
2.3. Selecting Specific Siblings
2.3.1. Problem
You need to select only a specific set of siblings of a particular element.
2.3.2. Solution
If you’re looking to select the adjacent sibling of a particular element, then you can use the adjacent sibling combinator (+). Similar to the child (>) combinator, the sibling combinator expects a selector expression on each side. The righthand expression is the subject of the selector, and the lefthand expression is the sibling you want to match. Here’s some example HTML markup:
