Description: Retrieve all the DOM elements contained in the jQuery set, as an array.
.toArray( )
version added: 1.4
.toArray() returns all of the elements in the jQuery set:
alert($('li').toArray());
All of the matched DOM nodes are returned by this call, contained in a standard array:
[<li id="foo">, <li id="bar">]
Example
Selects all divs in the document and returns the DOM Elements as an Array, then uses the built-in reverse-method to reverse that array.Example - Full source:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
span { color:red; }
</style>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
function disp(divs) {
var a = [];
for (var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
a.push(divs[i].innerHTML);
}
$("span").text(a.join(" "));
}
disp( $("div").toArray().reverse() );
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
Reversed - <span></span>
<div>One</div>
<div>Two</div>
<div>Three</div>
</body>
</html>
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