How does a jQuery instance appear as an array when called in console.log?

Question

When entered into a JavaScript console, a jQuery object appears as an array. However, it\'s still an instance of the jQuery object.

var j = jQuery();
=> [         


        

Answer 1

When you call jQuery() you aren't passing any arguments to the function so it is returning an empty object. WHen you pass a selector as argument it creates an object of the elements that match the selector