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HTML
<table id = "table1">
<tr>
<td class="take">1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td class="take">4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td class="take">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="take">11</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>13</td>
<td class="take">14</td>
<td>15</td>
<td class="take">16</td>
</tr>
</table>
JavaScript
debugger;
console.log($("#table1").find('tr:first td.take:eq(1)').text())