# jQuery.makeArray()

## jQuery.makeArray ( obj ) Returns: Array version added: 1.2

- obj
  Type: PlainObject
  Any object to turn into a native Array.

Description: Convert an array-like object into a true JavaScript array.

Many methods, both in jQuery and in JavaScript in general, return objects that are array-like. For example, the jQuery factory function `$()` returns a jQuery object that has many of the properties of an array (a length, the `[]` array access operator, etc.), but is not exactly the same as an array and lacks some of an array's built-in methods (such as `.pop()` and `.reverse()`).

Note that after the conversion, any special features the object had (such as the jQuery methods in our example) will no longer be present. The object is now a plain array.

## Examples:

#### Example: Turn a collection of HTMLElements into an Array of them.

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

      <style>

      div {
        color: red;
      }

      </style>

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

    <div>First</div>
    <div>Second</div>
    <div>Third</div>
    <div>Fourth</div>

    <script>

    // Returns a NodeList
    var elems = document.getElementsByTagName( "div" );
    // Convert the NodeList to an Array
    var arr = jQuery.makeArray( elems );
    // Use an Array method on list of dom elements
    arr.reverse();
    $( arr ).appendTo( document.body );

    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo:

#### Example: Turn a jQuery object into an array

    var obj = $( "li" );
    var arr = $.makeArray( obj );