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.get( index )Returns: Element
Description: Retrieve one of the elements matched by the jQuery object.
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version added: 1.0.get( index )
- indexType: IntegerA zero-based integer indicating which element to retrieve.
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The .get() method grants access to the DOM nodes underlying each jQuery object. If the value of index is out of bounds — less than the negative number of elements or equal to or greater than the number of elements — it returns undefined. Consider a simple unordered list:
<ul> <li id="foo">foo</li> <li id="bar">bar</li> </ul>
With an index specified, .get( index ) retrieves a single element:
console.log( $( "li" ).get( 0 ) );
Since the index is zero-based, the first list item is returned:
<li id="foo">
Each jQuery object also masquerades as an array, so we can use the array dereferencing operator to get at the list item instead:
console.log( $( "li" )[ 0 ] );
However, this syntax lacks some of the additional capabilities of .get(), such as specifying a negative index:
console.log( $( "li" ).get( -1 ) );
A negative index is counted from the end of the matched set, so this example returns the last item in the list:
<li id="bar">
Example:
Display the tag name of the click element.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>get demo</title>
<style>
span {
color: red;
}
div {
background: yellow;
}
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-4.0.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<span> </span>
<p>In this paragraph is an <span>important</span> section</p>
<div><input type="text"></div>
<script>
$( "*", document.body ).on( "click", function( event ) {
event.stopPropagation();
var domElement = $( this ).get( 0 );
$( "span" ).first().text( "Clicked on - " + domElement.nodeName );
});
</script>
</body>
</html> Demo:
.get()Returns: Array
Description: Retrieve the elements matched by the jQuery object.
Consider a simple unordered list:
<ul> <li id="foo">foo</li> <li id="bar">bar</li> </ul>
Without a parameter, .get() returns an array of all of the elements:
console.log( $( "li" ).get() );
All of the matched DOM nodes are returned by this call, contained in a standard array:
[<li id="foo">, <li id="bar">]
Example:
Select all divs in the document and return the DOM Elements as an Array; then use the built-in reverse() method to reverse that array.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>get demo</title>
<style>
span {
color: red;
}
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-4.0.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
Reversed - <span></span>
<div>One</div>
<div>Two</div>
<div>Three</div>
<script>
function display( divs ) {
var a = [];
for ( var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++ ) {
a.push( divs[ i ].innerHTML );
}
$( "span" ).text( a.join(" ") );
}
display( $( "div" ).get().reverse() );
</script>
</body>
</html> 
