jQuery: how to select every cell in a table except the last in each row?

Question

I want every cell in each row except the last in each row. I tried:

$("table tr td:not(:last)")

but that seems to have given me every cell except the very last in the table. Not quite what I want.

I'm sure this is simple but I'm still wrapping my head around the selectors.

Answer 1

Try

$('table tr td:not(:last-child)')

:)

Answer 2

Try the last-child selector. This:

$("table tr td:not(:last-child)")

will select all cells in all rows except of the cells in the last column.

Answer 3

You could try

$("table td:not(:last-child)")

or

$("table td:not(:nth-child(n))")

where n is 1-based index of a child element

or

$("table td").not(":last-child")