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jQuery.makeArray( obj )
Turns an array-like object into a true array.
Array-like objects have a length property and its properties are numbered from 0 to length - 1. Typically it will be unnecessary to use this function if you are using jQuery which uses this function internally.
Arguments:| obj | Object | |
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| Array-like object to turn in to an actual Array. |
Examples:| Name | Type |
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Turn a collection of HTMLElements into an Array of them.
var arr = jQuery.makeArray(document.getElementsByTagName("div"));
arr.reverse(); // use an Array method on list of dom elements
$(arr).appendTo(document.body);
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var arr = jQuery.makeArray(document.getElementsByTagName("div"));
arr.reverse(); // use an Array method on list of dom elements
$(arr).appendTo(document.body);
});
</script>
<style>
div { color:red; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>First</div>
<div>Second</div>
<div>Third</div>
<div>Fourth</div>
</body>
</html>