How to change the color of a specific word of each array object ?

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By using the following code I am able to change the color of the word occurring at fifth position. I want to change the color of words occurring at different positions, e.g., fifth word of first question, then third word of second question, and second word of third question and so on.

How can I achieve that ? Could you please help me with the code.

What I have tried:

HTML

<div id="inner">
    <h1> Rewrite using the noun form. </h1><br>
    <p class="input"> </p>
    <p class="input"> </p>
    <p class="input"> </p>
</div>

CSS

#inner {
    text-align: center;
}

.input {
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    margin-top: 30px;
}

.a:nth-child(5) {
    color: green;
}

JavaScript

var questions = [
    {
        question: "1. I requested my boss.",
        answer: "She made a request to my boss.",
    },
    {
        question: "2. He prepared for exams.",
        answer: "He made preparations for exams.",
    },
    {
        question: "3. I did my job perfectly.",
        answer: "I did my job with perfection.",
    },
];

$.each(questions, function(i, x) {
    arr = '<span>' + x.question.split(/\s+/).join('</span> <span class="a">') + '</span>';

    $('.input').eq(i).append(arr);
});

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Posted 6-May-20 20:26pm

Tarun Rathore

Updated 7-May-20 3:32am

Richard Deeming

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-07T03:32:00

Use nth-of-type to select the <p> element, and combine with nth-child to select the word.

For example:

CSS

/* Fifth word of first question: */
#inner p:nth-of-type(1) .a:nth-child(5) {
    color: green;
}

/* Third word of second question: */
#inner p:nth-of-type(2) .a:nth-child(3) {
    color: green;
}

/* Second word of third question: */
#inner p:nth-of-type(3) .a:nth-child(2) {
    color: green;
}

NB: The selector .a:nth-child(5) selects the fifth child element if it happens to also have the class a, NOT the fifth of the child elements which have the class a. There is no nth-of-class selector.

As a result, the question number is included in the word count. The second word of question three is "I", not "did".

:nth-of-type() - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN[^]
:nth-child() - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN[^]