How do I pull a native DOM element from a jQuery object?

A jQuery object is an array-like wrapper around one or more DOM elements. To get a reference to the actual DOM elements (instead of the jQuery object), you have two options. The first (and fastest) method is to use array notation:

                
                              $("#foo")[ 0 ]; // equivalent to document.getElementById("foo")

The second method is to use the get function:

                
                              $("#foo").get( 0 ); // identical to above, only slower

You can also call get without any arguments to retrieve a true array of DOM elements.

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