Select first and last element with particular class using jQuery

Question

I have a list of spans with particular class "place" and some of them have class "activated". Is there a way to select the first item with class "activated" and the last?

<span class="place" onclick="activate();">1</span> <span class="place" onclick="activate();">2</span> <span class="place activated" onclick="activate()">3</span> <span class="place activated" onclick="activate();">4</span> <span class="place activated" onclick="activate();">5</span> <span class="place activated" onclick="activate();">6</span> <span class="place" onclick="activate();">7</span> 

Answer 1

var firstspan = $('span.activated:first'),     lastspan = $('span.activated:last'); 

By the way, if you're using jQuery, what's with all the inline click events?

You could add some code like so:

$('span.place').click(function() {     activate(); // you can add `this` as a parameter                 // to activate if you need scope. });