{"id":650,"date":"2023-08-25T17:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/api.jquery.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:35:29","slug":"slice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/api.jquery.com\/slice\/","title":{"rendered":".slice()"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"slice1\" class=\"entry method\"><h2 class=\"section-title\">\n<span class=\"name\">.slice( start [, end ] )<\/span><span class=\"returns\">Returns: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#jQuery\">jQuery<\/a><\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"desc\"><strong>Description: <\/strong>Reduce the set of matched elements to a subset specified by a range of indices.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"signatures\"><li class=\"signature\">\n<h4 class=\"name\">\n<span class=\"version-details\">version added: <a href=\"\/category\/version\/1.1.4\/\">1.1.4<\/a><\/span><a id=\"slice-start-end\" href=\"#slice-start-end\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><\/span>.slice( start [, end ] )<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"slice-start-end-start\">\n<div><strong>start<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Type: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#Integer\">Integer<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>An integer indicating the 0-based position at which the elements begin to be selected. If negative, it indicates an offset from the end of the set.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"slice-start-end-end\">\n<div><strong>end<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Type: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#Integer\">Integer<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>An integer indicating the 0-based position at which the elements stop being selected. If negative, it indicates an offset from the end of the set. If omitted, the range continues until the end of the set.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"longdesc\" id=\"entry-longdesc\">\n    <p>Given a jQuery object that represents a set of DOM elements, the <code>.slice()<\/code> method constructs a new jQuery object containing a subset of the elements specified by the <code>start<\/code> and, optionally, <code>end<\/code> argument. The supplied <code>start<\/code> index identifies the position of one of the elements in the set; if <code>end<\/code> is omitted, all elements after this one will be included in the result.<\/p>\n    <p>Consider a page with a simple list on it:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"syntaxhighlighter xml\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n4\">4<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n5\">5<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n6\">6<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n7\">7<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">ul<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span>list item 1<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span>list item 2<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span>list item 3<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span>list item 4<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span>list item 5<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">li<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">ul<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>We can apply this method to the set of list items:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"li\"<\/span> ).slice( <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span> ).css( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"background-color\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"red\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>The result of this call is a red background for items 3, 4, and 5. Note that the supplied index is zero-based, and refers to the position of elements within the jQuery object, not within the DOM tree.<\/p>\n    <p>The end parameter allows us to limit the selected range even further. For example:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"li\"<\/span> ).slice( <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span> ).css( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"background-color\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"red\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>Now only items 3 and 4 are selected. The index is once again zero-based; the range extends up to but not including the specified index.<\/p>\n    <h4>Negative Indices<\/h4>\n    <p>The jQuery <code>.slice()<\/code> method is patterned after the JavaScript .slice() method for arrays. One of the features that it mimics is the ability for negative numbers to be passed as either the <code>start<\/code> or <code>end<\/code> parameter. If a negative number is provided, this indicates a position starting from the end of the set, rather than the beginning. For example:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"li\"<\/span> ).slice( -<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, -<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> ).css( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"background-color\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"red\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>This time only list item 4 is turned red, since it is the only item in the range between two from the end (<code>-2<\/code>) and one from the end (<code>-1<\/code>).<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-examples\" id=\"entry-examples\"><header><h2>Examples:<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-0\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 1<\/h3>\n<p>Turns divs yellow based on a random slice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter xml\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n4\">4<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n5\">5<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n6\">6<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n7\">7<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n8\">8<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n9\">9<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n10\">10<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n11\">11<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n12\">12<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n13\">13<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n14\">14<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n15\">15<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n16\">16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n17\">17<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n18\">18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n19\">19<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n20\">20<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n21\">21<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n22\">22<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n23\">23<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n24\">24<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n25\">25<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n26\">26<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n27\">27<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n28\">28<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n29\">29<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n30\">30<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n31\">31<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n32\">32<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n33\">33<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n34\">34<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n35\">35<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n36\">36<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n37\">37<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n38\">38<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n39\">39<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n40\">40<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n41\">41<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n42\">42<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n43\">43<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n44\">44<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n45\">45<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n46\">46<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n47\">47<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n48\">48<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n49\">49<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n50\">50<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n51\">51<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n52\">52<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n53\">53<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n54\">54<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n55\">55<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n56\">56<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n57\">57<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n58\">58<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n59\">59<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n60\">60<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n61\">61<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n62\">62<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">&lt;!doctype <span class=\"hljs-meta-keyword\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">lang<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"en\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">meta<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">charset<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"utf-8\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span>slice demo<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"css\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">div<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">width<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">40px<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">height<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">40px<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">margin<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">10px<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">float<\/span>: left;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">border<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">2px<\/span> solid blue;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">span<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: red;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">font-weight<\/span>: bold;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">button<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">margin<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">5px<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">src<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-4.0.0.js\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">p<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">button<\/span>&gt;<\/span>Turn slice yellow<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">button<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span>Click the button!<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">p<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"javascript\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">colorEm<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>) <\/span>{<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> $div = $( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"div\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> start = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Math<\/span>.floor( <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Math<\/span>.random() * $div.length );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> end = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Math<\/span>.floor( <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Math<\/span>.random() * ( $div.length - start ) ) +<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    start + <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> ( end === $div.length ) {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    end = <span class=\"hljs-literal\">undefined<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  $div.css( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"background\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> ( end ) {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    $div.slice( start, end ).css( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"background\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"yellow\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    $div.slice( start ).css( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"background\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"yellow\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  $( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"span\"<\/span> ).text( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"$( 'div' ).slice( \"<\/span> + start +<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    (end ? <span class=\"hljs-string\">\", \"<\/span> + end : <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>) +<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\").css( 'background', 'yellow' );\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>}<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"button\"<\/span> ).on( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"click\"<\/span>, colorEm );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Demo:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"demo code-demo\" data-height=\"240\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-1\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 2<\/h3>\n<p>Selects all paragraphs, then slices the selection to include only the first element.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"p\"<\/span> ).slice( <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> ).wrapInner( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"&lt;b&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-2\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 3<\/h3>\n<p>Selects all paragraphs, then slices the selection to include only the first and second element.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"p\"<\/span> ).slice( <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span> ).wrapInner( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"&lt;b&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-3\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 4<\/h3>\n<p>Selects all paragraphs, then slices the selection to include only the second element.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"p\"<\/span> ).slice( <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span> ).wrapInner( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"&lt;b&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-4\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 5<\/h3>\n<p>Selects all paragraphs, then slices the selection to include only the second and third element.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"p\"<\/span> ).slice( <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> ).wrapInner( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"&lt;b&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-5\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 6<\/h3>\n<p>Selects all paragraphs, then slices the selection to include only the third element.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"p\"<\/span> ).slice( -<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> ).wrapInner( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"&lt;b&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reduce the set of matched elements to a subset specified by a range of 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