Showing first 5 elements from the list

Question

I want to dynamically show first 5 elements from an appended list. I tried this but it isn't working:

$(this).find("element").each(['1','2','3'], function (){...
$("#rounded_items").append('<li id="'+ level +'"><div class="item_pocket"><img src="'+ image +'" class="image"/><span>'+ name +'</span></div></li>')

Answer 1

try

    $(this).find("element:lt(5)").each(function(){...}