jQuery add elements to empty selection?

Question

Why doesn\'t this work?

var spans = $();
var elem = document.getElementById(\'someId\');
spans.add(elem);

What is the proper way to start

Answer 1

If you're looking to push or add items selected from a jQuery object, you could also do this:

var $els = $(),
    $someEls = $(".some-els");

$els.push.apply($els, $someEls);

Just another way to do it.