How to return array of jQuery object with selector

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I am trying to retrieve an array of jquery object from selector, so I would not have to re-query them again for modification later. But, while I testing with the code, I find that the jquery selector returns array as html element if it does not query specific element. ``` //HTML

//JS //this works $('#nav .menu:eq(0)').html('haha'); //this does not $('#nav .menu').get(0).html('halo w'); -> Uncaught TypeError: Object # has no method 'html' ``` My question is why does it return html element and not jquery object.How can I retrieve an array of jquery objects from selector. Here's the JSFiddle example. http://jsfiddle.net/mochatony/K5fJu/7/

Accepted Answer

`.get(i)` returns the DOM element. What you want is one of these:

```
$('#nav .menu').first()
$('#nav .menu').eq(0)
```

See http://api.jquery.com/category/traversing/filtering/ for a list of possible filter functions.

How to return array of jQuery object with selector

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