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How do I use jQuery to remove children from a div from a certain nth-child forward (conserve the first x children and remove the rest)?

Hi,

I have an autogenerated code that looks as follows:

<div class="tagcloud"><a href="http://mysite.com/tag/analisys/" class="tag-link-10" title="2 argomenti" style="font-size: 11.6pt;">analisys</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/city/" class="tag-link-12" title="9 argomenti" style="font-size: 22pt;">city</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/conferenza/" class="tag-link-35" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">Conferenza</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/egitto/" class="tag-link-48" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">Egitto</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/fashion-2/" class="tag-link-13" title="2 argomenti" style="font-size: 11.6pt;">fashion</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/finances-2/" class="tag-link-14" title="2 argomenti" style="font-size: 11.6pt;">finances</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/galaxy/" class="tag-link-15" title="2 argomenti" style="font-size: 11.6pt;">galaxy</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/life/" class="tag-link-16" title="7 argomenti" style="font-size: 20pt;">life</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/lights/" class="tag-link-17" title="2 argomenti" style="font-size: 11.6pt;">lights</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/maurizio-damiano/" class="tag-link-42" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">Maurizio Damiano</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/montagne-sacre/" class="tag-link-44" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">Montagne sacre</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/nature-2/" class="tag-link-18" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">nature</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/new-york/" class="tag-link-19" title="7 argomenti" style="font-size: 20pt;">new york</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/people/" class="tag-link-20" title="9 argomenti" style="font-size: 22pt;">people</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/resources/" class="tag-link-21" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">resources</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/sinai/" class="tag-link-46" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">Sinai</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/sky/" class="tag-link-22" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">sky</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/style/" class="tag-link-23" title="2 argomenti" style="font-size: 11.6pt;">style</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/verona/" class="tag-link-45" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">Verona</a>
    <a href="http://mysite.com/tag/ziggurat/" class="tag-link-47" title="1 argomento" style="font-size: 8pt;">Ziggurat</a>
</div>

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The length of the children inside the div is variable.
What I would like to do is use jQuery and remove all children from number 13 onwards.
The first twelve remain, whichever they are, the rest go using either hide() or remove()

Could anyone please help?

thanks in advance

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work too : http://jsfiddle.net/6L2ox1kq/6/

first level descendent
http://api.jquery.com/child-selector/

var nth = 4-1; // let only four
$(".tagcloud>:gt(" + nth + ")").remove();

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