jQuery last()

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This jQuery method is used to fetch the last element of the selected HTML elements.
This jQuery method is used in filtering the desired elements with jQuery.
To return the first element of the selected HTML element, use first() jQuery method.

Related Topics:

jQuery prevAll

jQuery prevUntil

jQuery last

Syntax:

$(selector).last();

This jQuery method has no parameter

Example 1

In this example, we filter the last element of the div element.

<html>
 <head>
 <title> jQuery Example </title>
 <script type = "text/javascript"
        src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
<style>
div{
background:lightgray;
padding:10px;
margin:10px;
font-size:20px;
}
h3{
padding:10px;
margin:10px;
}
button{
background:green;
padding:10px;
color:white;
border:1px solid green;
}
</style>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
 $("button").click(function(){
       $("div h3").last().css({"border":"3px solid green","background":"yellow"});
});
});
</script>
 </head>
 <body>

<h2> jQuery last() method Example </h2>
<div>
<h3> This is the first heading of div element </h3>
<h3> This is the second heading of div element </h3>
<h3> This is the last heading of div element </h3>
</div>
<button> Click Me! </button>
 </body>
</html>

Output:

When you click the button,

Example 2

In this example we filter the last heading of the last div element.

<html>
 <head>
 <title> jQuery Example </title>
 <script type = "text/javascript"
        src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
<style>
div{
background:lightgray;
padding:10px;
margin:10px;
font-size:20px;
}
h3{
padding:10px;
margin:10px;
}
button{
background:green;
padding:10px;
color:white;
border:1px solid green;
}
</style>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
 $("button").click(function(){
       $("div h3").last().css({"border":"3px solid green","background":"yellow"});
});
});
</script>
 </head>
 <body>

<h2> jQuery last() method Example </h2>
<div>
<h3> This is the first heading of first div element </h3>
<h3> This is the second heading of first div element </h3>
</div>
<div>
<h3> This is the first heading of second div element </h3>
<h3> This is the second heading of second div element </h3>
</div>
<button> Click Me! </button>
 </body>
</html>