function stripeTables() {
  if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return false;
  var tables = document.getElementsByTagName("table");
  for (var i=0; i<tables.length; i++) {
    var odd = false;
    var rows = tables[i].getElementsByTagName("tr");
    for (var j=0; j<rows.length; j++) {
      if (odd == true) {
        addClass(rows[j],"odd");
        odd = false;
      } else {
        odd = true;
      }
    }
  }
}

A JS function that stripes the tables ("table" elements) of a document. It takes no arguments. Add a new class ("odd") to the odd rows that needs to be styled using CSS. Use addClass function.

From book Dom Scripting by Jeremy Keith.

stripeTables Funcion manual

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