jQuery: Finding duplicate ID's and removing all but the first

Question

    $(\'[id]\').each(function () {

        var ids = $(\'[id=\"\' + this.id + \'\"]\');

        // remove duplicate IDs
        if (ids.length > 1 && id         


        

Answer 1

try this

var duplicated = {};

$('[id]').each(function () {   

    var ids = $('[id="' + this.id + '"]');

    if ( ids.length <= 1 ) return  ;

    if ( !duplicated[ this.id ] ){
         duplicated[ this.id ] = [];   
    }       

    duplicated[ this.id ].push( this );

});

// remove duplicate last ID, for elems > 1 
for ( var i in duplicated){

    if ( duplicated.hasOwnProperty(i) ){  

             $( duplicated[i].pop() ).remove();            
    }
}

and jsfiddle is http://jsfiddle.net/z4VYw/5/