How to use filters on JavaScript array?

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I am using jQuery 1.7.1

I am trying to optimize some jQuery and need a little help. I have some text that appear in divs with the class of Header, like this:

<div class='Header'>Some Text</div>
<div class='Header'>More Text</div>
<div class='Header'>Even More</div>

Normally, I would do this to slide up every div except for the first one. Later, I would do something similar and have to use jQuery to find the divs again, which is what I am trying to avoid.

// CLOSE ALL EXCEPT THE FIRST
$(".Header:not(:first)").slideUp();

So, I know I want to put my divs with the Header class into an object like this:

var $HeaderArray = $(".Header);

Now I want to perform functions on them, but I can't figure out how to access them the same way that I did previously, using the filters, not and first. What I want to do is something like this:

$HeaderArray:not:first.slideUp();

This doesn't work. What is the right way to use filters to get at the right divs?

gen_Eric · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-06 22:27:58Z

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.not is a function, you need to call it, like so:

$HeaderArray.not(':first').slideUp();

answered Mar 6, 2012 at 22:27

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Selvakumar Arumugam · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-06 22:29:18Z

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Can you try using .not() function,

$HeaderArray.not(':first').slideUp();

answered Mar 6, 2012 at 22:29

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