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HTML
<table border="1" id="table">
<tr>
<td>TD</td>
<td>TD 2</td>
<td>TD 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ROW 2 TD</td>
<td>ROW 2 TD 2</td>
<td>ROW 2 TD 3</td>
</tr>
</table>
<span></span>
JavaScript
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
var td = $("#table tr").eq(1).find('td').eq(1).text();
$("span").text("value: " + td);
})