.toArray()

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.toArray()

Categories: Miscellaneous > DOM Element Methods

.toArray() Returns: Array

Description: Retrieve all the DOM elements contained in the jQuery set, as an array.

  • version added: 1.4.toArray()

    • This method does not accept any arguments.

.toArray() returns all of the elements in the jQuery set:

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                                    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.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        span { color:red; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        Reversed - <span></span>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>One</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>Two</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div>Three</div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        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>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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