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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T07:00:56+00:00 2026-05-13T07:00:56+00:00

With Jquery, I need to select just the first n items from the page,

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With Jquery, I need to select just the first “n” items from the page, for example the first 20 links instead of selecting all of them with the usual

$("a")

Sounds simple but the jQuery manual has no evidence of something like this.

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    2026-05-13T07:00:56+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 7:00 am

    You probably want to read up on slice. Your code will look something like this:

    $("a").slice(0,20)
    
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