What is the difference between $.each(selector) and $(selector).each()

Question

What is the difference between this:

$.each($(\'#myTable input[name=\"deleteItem[]\"]:checked\').do_something());

and this:

Answer 1

Taken from http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.each/

The $.each() function is not the same as .each(), which is used to iterate, exclusively, over a jQuery object. The $.each() function can be used to iterate over any collection, whether it is a map (JavaScript object) or an array. In the case of an array, the callback is passed an array index and a corresponding array value each time. (The value can also be accessed through the this keyword, but Javascript will always wrap the this value as an Object even if it is a simple string or number value.) The method returns its first argument, the object that was iterated.