Question

I have the following code:

$(serialNumbersDDL).children("option:gt(0)").remove();

It will delete all the options except the first one. Now I need to delete all the options except the first one and also not delete the option whose value is equal to the label text. How can I say that with writing limited amount of code?

Answer 1

try

$("option:not(':first')",serialNumbersDDL).filter(function(){
return $(this).val()!=$(this).text();
}).remove();