jquery selector not returning array

Question

I thought jquery was returning an array when selecting something. But it does not look like that:

With this html:

<p>A</p>
<p>B</p>
<p>C</p>

And this js:

var p = $('p');
console.log(Array.isArray(p)); // result is false

See JSFiddle Then the selected paragraphs are not in an array. Why is that?

jQuery doesn't produce arrays, although its behavior relies on iterative programming over an object that represents a collection. — zzzzBov, Jul 14 '18 at 02:17
You can use `var p = $('p').get()` to return the jQuery collection as a standard array of elements. See the documentation: [`get()`](https://api.jquery.com/get/) — Tyler Roper, Jul 14 '18 at 02:20
@Kaiido Because you can loop over it as an array, and it has length as an array... — EricC, Jul 14 '18 at 04:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '18 at 02:26

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var p = $('p');

This code is returning an object, instead of an array. If you want the array result, convert it to array.

var x = p.toArray();
console.log(Array.isArray(x)); // result is true

answered Jul 14 '18 at 02:26

david

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