title: JQuery - Get the number of rows in a table body
body: <p>I have an HTML table that is defined as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;table id="myTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;
    &lt;thead&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;th&gt;First Name&lt;/th&gt;
        &lt;th&gt;Last Name&lt;/th&gt;
        &lt;th&gt;Birth Date&lt;/th&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/thead&gt;
  
    &lt;tbody&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;John&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;Smith&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;03-11-1980&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/tbody&gt;
  &lt;/table&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to understand how to determine <strong>how many rows are in the</strong> <code>tbody</code> <strong>portion of my table</strong>, instead of the table in general. How do I use JQuery to determine how many rows are in the tbody portion of a table?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>