jQuery help - How do I select only the first item of a wrapped set?

Question

How can I select the 1st item in a wrapped set? I have $(":radio") This returns a wrapped set of two items. Is there any way I can select just the first item? Basically something like this but cleaner syntax

var singleListItem = $($(":radio")[0]);

That will probably work, but it looks hideous to me. Is there a better way to write this type of selector??

Thanks, ~ck in San Diego

Answer 1

You could try:

var singleListItem = $(":radio:first");

See: http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/first