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 la

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.
});