How to remove the first two BR tags with jquery?

Question

I\'d like to remove only the first two BR tags with jquery.

// I want to remove both BR.
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Answer 1

Use :lt():

$('#system br:lt(2)').remove();

:lt() takes a zero-based integer as its parameter, so 2 refers to the 3rd element. So :lt(2) is select elements "less than" the 3rd.

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/3PJ5D/