Delete two items on one line

Question

Is there a way to complete this script in one line?

$(this).next("br").remove();
$(this).remove();

I tried $(this).remove().next("br").remove();, but this does not work, because we delete the item before we can find the next one.

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Oliver tappin Mar 6 '13 at 14:56

3 answers

$(this).add( $(this).next("br") ).remove();

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r043v Mar 6 '13 at 14:59

$(this).next("br").addBack().remove();

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Matt cain Mar 6 '13 at 14:59

Frédéric hamidi · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-06T14:58:59+0000

You can use addBack () (or its predecessor andSelf () before jQuery 1.8):

$(this).next("br").addBack().remove();

Alternatively, you can use end () to return to the previous set of matched elements:

$(this).next("br").remove().end()
       .remove();