Retrieving native DOM elements from jQuery objects?

Question

How can I get jQuery to return the native DOM elements it encapsulates?

Answer 1

I assume you're trying to check if your jQuery object is the first instance of "cheese_tag". You can find the first tag with the :first selector and then you wouldn't need to do the comparison. For example, get the first div tag would be: $('div:first').

For the complete list of jQuery selectors, see the documentation.