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user191688
user191688

Reputation: 2659

jquery: select all elements after nth

I have x number of <div> and I need to select all after n. 

<div class=foo>4:00</div>
<div class=foo>5:00</div>
<div class=foo>6:00</div>
<div class=foo>7:00</div>
<div class=foo>8:00</div>

For example, given n=3 and div.foo, remove all div.foo after the 3rd div.foo would yield:

<div class=foo>4:00</div>
<div class=foo>5:00</div>
<div class=foo>6:00</div>

Thanks

Upvotes: 18

Views: 6195

Answers (4)

Koofah
Koofah

Reputation: 79

It is efficient to use slice or eq since gt does not accept variables. for example

//will not work

var items_to_remove = 8;

$("li:gt(items_to_remove)").remove();

//will work

var items_to_remove = 8;

$('li').slice(items_to_remove).remove();

Upvotes: 0

kingjeffrey
kingjeffrey

Reputation: 15270

Not as elegant as Patrick DW's solution, but this also works:

$('.foo').eq(2).nextAll().remove();

See http://api.jquery.com/nextAll/

Upvotes: 2

kingjeffrey
kingjeffrey

Reputation: 15270

You can also do:

$('.foo').slice(3).remove();

See http://api.jquery.com/slice/

Upvotes: 3

user113716
user113716

Reputation: 322492

$('.foo:gt(2)').remove();

Try it out: http://jsfiddle.net/MYY9m/

This uses the greater-than selector to select all elements who's index is greater than the number provided.

Upvotes: 21

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