Insert Element In The Dom Using Javascript Or Jquery

I am using this script to insert three different span's to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd lis. $('ul li:eq(0)').prepend('1'); $('ul li:eq(1)').prepend('

Solution 1:

If you want to do it to all li tags that are there:

$("ul li").each(function(i) {
    $(this).prepend("<span>" + (i + 1) + "</span>");
});

If there are more than three li tags and you only want it done to the first three:

$("ul li:lt(3)").each(function(i) {
    $(this).prepend("<span>" + (i + 1) + "</span>");
});

Working jsFiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/jfriend00/qhgad/

Solution 2:

Or you can do this like this

  $("ul li").prepend( function(index, html){
               return ("<span>" + (index+1) + "</span>");
   });