jQuery remove HTML table column

Answer 1

Try this:

    $("a.delete").click(function(){
        var td=$(this).parent();
        var col=$(td).text();
        col=col.substring(col.length-2)*1;
        var f="td:nth-child("+col+")";
        var tbl=$(td).parent().parent();

        $(tbl).find("tr").each(function(){
            $(this).find(f).hide();
        });

Tested in FF3.5.

there is one concern though getting column number. If number of columns excede 2 digits it will not work. It would be better if you put custom attribute and assign it position of column.

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remember with nth-child index starts at 1