jQuery Tutorial Tutorials - jQuery :last-child selector

The jQuery :last-child selector is used to select the elements that are the last child of their parent.

jQuery :last-child selector Syntax

$(':last-child')

difference between :last and :last-child

• jQuery :last selector matches only a single element;
• jQuery :last-child selector matches more than one element: one for each parent.

jQuery :last-child selector Examples

Following is a simple example which would hightlight the last p in each matched div:

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