Remove first element from jQuery collection (shift() equivalent) [duplicate]

Question

In plain javascript, I can remove the first element of an array and store it in a variable like:

var rows = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
var firstRow = rows.shift();
// now firstRow contains the first element of the original rows array,
// and rows contains the remaining elements.

How do I do the same thing with a jQuery collection?

var $rows = $('#some-table').find('> tbody > tr');
// ?
// ?

Answer 1

var rows = $('tr');
var first = rows.first();
var rest = rows.slice(1);

Reference:

• .first()
• .slice()