jQuery - using inArray() to find index of jQuery object

Question

I have a few divs that I\'d like to put into an array.

When I try to use jQuery.inArray(), my div (as a jQuery object) isn\'t found. Why not?

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Answer 1

$ creates a new jQuery collection object each time, so var a = $("div"), b = $("div") will actually be two different objects that don't equal each other.

Instead you can just use the selectors or some other identifying feature of the element.

var myArray = ["#div1", "#div2", "#div3"];

However it really depends on your use case.