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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T00:18:29+00:00 2026-05-26T00:18:29+00:00

I am a noob in Jquery and I am playing around with the different

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I am a noob in Jquery and I am playing around with the different selectors and functions right now. I am trying to do this

$('li').first();

on firefox console and I got

TypeError: $("li").first is not a function

when

$('li')

returns

Object { length=8, 0=li, 1=li, more...}

what am i doing wrong?

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    2026-05-26T00:18:29+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 12:18 am

    You said in a comment that you’re using jQuery 1.2.1, which is ancient (over four years old).

    The documentation states quite clearly that .first() was added in jQuery 1.4.

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