Hello, I have been trying to discover why the first() and last() methods are not working in my jQuery 1.2 nor 1.3 tests. After searching for a while, I found the alternative way with filter() and eq(), but I still wonder why none of those methods work.

The API documentation (http://api.jquery.com/first/ and http://api.jquery.com/last/) states that they are available since 1.2, but they won't work, I always get a "not a function" error.

I also found a tracker entry (http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/2164) discussing the need for them, but nothing is clear from it.

Any ideas?