I would like to use jQuery to make this: <ol> <li>item a</li> <li>item b</li> </ol> <ol> <li>item c</li> <li>item d</li> <li>item e</li> </ol> …become this: <ol> <li><span>1</span> item a</li> <li><span>2</span> item b</li> </ol> <ol> <li><span>1</span> item c</li> <li><span>2</span> item d</li> <li><span>3</span> item e</li> </ol> (This answer doesn't work for when there are multiple ols on the page; the number would increment across the ols instead of starting from 1 for each individual ol.)