# .toArray()

## toArray ( ) Returns: Array version added: 1.4

Description: Retrieve all the elements contained in the jQuery set, as an array.

`.toArray()` returns all of the elements in the jQuery set:

    alert( $( "li" ).toArray() );

All of the matched DOM nodes are returned by this call, contained in a standard array:

[<li id="foo">, <li id="bar">]

## Examples:

#### Example: Select all divs in the document and return the DOM Elements as an Array; then use the built-in reverse() method to reverse that array.

    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>css demo</title>

      <style>

      span {
        color: red;
      }

      </style>

      <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

    Reversed - <span></span>

    <div>One</div>
    <div>Two</div>
    <div>Three</div>

    <script>

    function disp( divs ) {
      var a = [];
      for ( var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++ ) {
        a.push( divs[ i ].innerHTML );
      }
      $( "span" ).text( a.join( " " ) );
    }

    disp( $( "div" ).toArray().reverse() );

    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

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