jQuery - How to convert a jQuery object to the kind of object returned w/ getElementById

dom, javascript, jquery

Solution

Something like this:

$("#myId").get(0)

or

$("#myId")[0]

Problem

Occasionally I come across situations where certain I have to use `document.getElementById()` in order to get certain code to work (like w/ Google Maps API for example) for reasons I don't understand. Is there a jQuery method or some relatively easy way to convert a jQuery object to the sort of object returned w/ `document.getElementById()`?

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