Why does $(“body”) == $(“body”) return false?

Question

How come the equation in the title is false? How do check if two jQuery selectors point to the same DOM object?

Answer 1

Use $.is()

http://api.jquery.com/is/

Check the current matched set of elements against a selector, element, or jQuery object and return true if at least one of these elements matches the given arguments...

Unlike other filtering methods, .is() does not create a new jQuery object. Instead, it allows you to test the contents of a jQuery object without modification. This is often useful inside callbacks, such as event handlers...