selecting nth div (and beyond) in jQuery

Question

Say I have a div containing an unlimited number of child divs. Is there an easy way to get jQuery to select the nth div and every div after it so I can change those (in this case, call remove() on old divs)?

Answer 1

You can use the ":gt()" selector:

 // div's 10 and higher
 $('div:gt(9)').show()

Answer 2

Typing this out of my head and the jQuery API doc (read: this is not tested), but the first thing I'd do is to

$('#container div').slice(-n).remove();

Answer 3

Or if you need to do something with all divs first:

$('div').css('color', 'red').filter(':gt(5)').remove();