Jquery selecting all classes except one

Question

I want to do something like so:

$('.anwer_labels').click(function() {
    $(this).toggleClass('active');
    $('.anwer_labels').removeClass('active');
   // $(this).addClass('active').siblings().removeClass('active');;
   // $(this).removeClass('active');
})

In this line i want to add an exception, so that i wouldnt include $(this):

$('.anwer_labels').removeClass('active'); //some code here to not add $(this)

Can this be done?

Answer 1

not() will do it.

$('.anwer_labels').not(this).removeClass('active');