jquery - simple selectors
HTML
<table>
<tr><td>Index</td><td>b</td></tr>
<tr><td>a</td><td>b</td></tr>
<tr><td>a</td><td>b</td></tr>
</table>
CSS
.highlight{
background-color:yellow;
}
.highlight2{
background-color:blue;
}
JavaScript
$("table tr:odd").toggleClass("highlight")
$("table tr:even").toggleClass("highlight2")