Question

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Selecting the first “n” items with jQuery

Code :

<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>
<div class="prova">Hello</div>

$('.prova:gt(' + 0 + '):lt(' + 5 + ')').html("Hello Edited");​

I’d like to edit the first 5 elements. Why it ignores the first one? (which should be index 0).

Answer 1

Use .slice instead of :gt or :lt for optimum performance:

$('.prova').slice(0,5).html("Hello Edited");​