How to select a range of elements in jQuery

jQuery slice() function taking indexes of the first and the last needed elements selects a subset of the matched elements. Note what it doesn't include last element itself.

In your particular case you should use

$("#myDiv a").slice(1, 4)

Using the .slice() function does exactly what I need.

You should be able to do this by extracting a slice of the array thus. It's the line

$("div[id='myDiv'] > a").slice(1,4).css("background","yellow");

that you're interested in. It will affect the 2nd, 3rd and 4th elements.

<html>
    <head>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.2.6.pack.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function(){
                $("a").click(function(event){
                    $("div[id='myDiv'] > a").slice(1,4).css("background","yellow");
                    event.preventDefault();
                });
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="myDiv">
            <a>1</a>
            <a>2</a>
            <a>3</a>
            <a>4</a>
            <a>5</a>
            <a>6</a>
        </div>
        <hr>
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        <hr>
    </body>
</html>

How to select a range of elements in jQuery

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