jquery - How to select 3rd list items with javascript -

how 3rd li elements in java script

i want select 3rd li element using java script

<ul>             <li>one</li>             <li>two</li>             <li>three</li>             <li>four</li>             <li>five</li>         </ul> 

you can use below javascript code select 3rd element in list -

var listelem = document.getelementsbytagname("li")[2];