Get the current jQuery selector string?

Question

When calling a custom plugin, how can I get the current selector string?

$(\'my_selector p\').my_plugin();

Would like to output my_se

Answer 1

Best workaroud is

function mySelector(selector) {
    return $.extend($(selector),{"selector":selector});
}

this returns classic jquery object as $() would

mySelector(".myClass")

and this returns string of the selector

mySelector(".myClass").selector