title: remove a column from the row
body: <p>This may be a basic question... but I am a newbie to jquery.
  I need to remove the last column from a table row below</p>
  
  <pre><code>var ptr = $(this).closest("tr")
  
  ptr.remove("td :last") 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is this the way to do it?</p>