jQuery method to select a subset and also its inverse?

Question

Given some jQuery object set, and also a subset of that set, is there a method that will return the inverse subset?

If the answer is \"No

Answer 1

Here is a little extension to jquery about it that i just made..

(function($) {
  $.fn.reverse = function () 
  {
      var orig = this.prevObject || jQuery(null);
      return orig.not(this);
  }
})(jQuery);

It will maintain the chaining, so you can still do .end() after it and return to the previous filtering.

You can call it like

$('li').css('background-color','blue')
  .filter('.subset')
    .css('color','black')
  .reverse()  // <-- White Whale?!?
    .css('color','white');

Demo with your example: http://www.jsfiddle.net/gaby/THLkn/