jQuery: use filter(), but work with both results

Question

In jQuery, filter() reduces your result to those elements that fulfill a certain condition.

This splits the list in two parts. Working with the \"good

Answer 1

I don't know if this is any nicer, but using filter() you could do something like:

var $others = $();

var $filtered = $('div').filter(function() {
    if(! your filter test) {
        $others.push(this);
    } else {
        return true; 
    }
});

alert($others.length);
alert($filtered.length);

EDIT:

At first I tried it starting with an empty jQuery set $(), and then using add() to populate it with the non-filter results, but couldn't make it work.

EDIT:

Updated to use push directly on an empty jQuery object as suggested by Tomalak.