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Chapter 1. jQuery Basics > Filtering a Wrapper Set of DOM Elements
1.6. Filtering a Wrapper Set of DOM Elements
1.6.1. Problem
You have a set of selected DOM elements in a jQuery wrapper set but want to remove DOM elements from the set that do not match a new specified expression(s) in order to create a new set of elements to operate on.
1.6.2. Solution
The jQuery filter method, used on a jQuery wrapper set of DOM elements, can exclude elements that do not match a specified expression(s). In short, the filter() method allows you to filter the current set of elements. This is an important distinction from the jQuery find method, which will reduce a wrapped set of DOM elements by finding (via a new selector expression) new elements, including child elements of the current wrapped set.
