jQuery - slice( start, [end] ) Method

Description

The slice( start, end ) method selects a subset of the matched elements.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.slice( start, end )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

start − Where to start the subset. The first element is at zero. Can be negative to start from the end of the selection.
end − Where to end the subset excluding end element. If unspecified, ends at the end of the selection.

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            $("li").slice(2, 5).addClass("selected");
         });
      </script>
		
      <style>
         .selected { color:red; }
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <div>
        <ul>
            <li class = "above">list item 0</li>
            <li class = "top">list item 1</li>
            <li class = "top">list item 2</li>
            <li class = "middle">list item 3</li>
            <li class = "middle">list item 4</li>
            <li class = "bottom">list item 5</li>
            <li class = "bottom">list item 6</li>
            <li class = "below">list item 7</li>
         </ul>
      </div> 
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            $("li").slice(2, 5).addClass("selected");
         });
      </script>
		
      <style>
         .selected { color:red; }
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <div>
        <ul>
            <li class = "above">list item 0</li>
            <li class = "top">list item 1</li>
            <li class = "selected">list item 2</li>
            <li class = "selected">list item 3</li>
            <li class = "selected">list item 4</li>
            <li class = "bottom">list item 5</li>
            <li class = "bottom">list item 6</li>
            <li class = "below">list item 7</li>
         </ul>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-traversing.htm