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HTML
<div id="tblTest">
<table width="98%" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="15%">Guest 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="15%">Guest 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="15%">Guest 3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#tblTest tr:nth-child(2) td").css("padding-left", "30px");
//$("#tblTest tr:not(nth-child(2)) td").css("padding-left", "30px");
});