How to delete the last column in an HTML TABLE using by jquery?

Question

I have an HTML TABLE: ```

Name	sex	Message
Viktor	Male	etc
Melissa	Female	etc
Joe	Male	etc

``` I need a javascript/jquery code, which delete the last column (message) in the table: ``` function deleteLastColumn() { $("#theadID tr th:not(:last-child)...... $("#tbodyID tr td:not(:last-child)...... } ``` So the result should be this: ```

Name	sex
Viktor	Male
Melissa	Female
Joe	Male

``` I know there is the ":not(last)" method, but I can't find any example to my…

Accepted Answer

Try

```
$('#persons tr').find('th:last-child, td:last-child').remove()
```

Demo: Fiddle

How to delete the last column in an HTML TABLE using by jquery?

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