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HTML

<script>
    alert("Script before element: " + $("table").length);
    
    $(function () {
        alert("Script on page ready: " + $("table").length);
    });
</script>

<table><tr><td>a</td></tr></table>

<script>
    alert("Script after element: " + $("table").length);
</script>