Removing two elements in one line

Question

Is there a way of completing this script in one line?

$(this).next("br").remove();
$(this).remove();

I tried $(this).remove().next("br").remove(); but this doesn't work because we're removing the element before we can find the next one.

Answer 1

You can use addBack() (or its predecessor andSelf() before jQuery 1.8):

$(this).next("br").addBack().remove();

Alternately, you can use end() to get back to the previous set of matched elements:

$(this).next("br").remove().end()
       .remove();

Answer 2

$(this).add( $(this).next("br") ).remove();

Answer 3

$(this).next("br").addBack().remove();