Retrieve the DOM elements matched by the jQuery object.

.get( index )Returns: Element

Description: Retrieve one of the elements matched by the jQuery object.

version added: 1.0.get( index )
- index
  
  A zero-based integer indicating which element to retrieve.

The .get() method grants access to the DOM nodes underlying each jQuery object. If the value of index is out of bounds — less than the negative number of elements or equal to or greater than the number of elements — it returns undefined. Consider a simple unordered list:

<ul>
  <li id="foo">foo</li>
  <li id="bar">bar</li>
</ul>

With an index specified, .get( index ) retrieves a single element:

1	`console.log( $( "li" ).get( 0 ) );`

Since the index is zero-based, the first list item is returned:

<li id="foo">

Each jQuery object also masquerades as an array, so we can use the array dereferencing operator to get at the list item instead:

1	`console.log( $( "li" )[ 0 ] );`

However, this syntax lacks some of the additional capabilities of .get(), such as specifying a negative index:

1	`console.log( $( "li" ).get( -1 ) );`

A negative index is counted from the end of the matched set, so this example returns the last item in the list:

<li id="bar">

Example:

Display the tag name of the click element.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>get demo</title>
  <style>
  span {
    color: red;
  }
  div {
    background: yellow;
  }
  </style>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-4.0.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<span>&nbsp;</span>
<p>In this paragraph is an <span>important</span> section</p>
<div><input type="text"></div>
<script>
$( "*", document.body ).on( "click", function( event ) {
  event.stopPropagation();
  var domElement = $( this ).get( 0 );
  $( "span" ).first().text( "Clicked on - " + domElement.nodeName );
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

Demo:

.get()Returns: Array

Description: Retrieve the elements matched by the jQuery object.

version added: 1.0.get()
- This method does not accept any arguments.

Consider a simple unordered list:

<ul>
  <li id="foo">foo</li>
  <li id="bar">bar</li>
</ul>

Without a parameter, .get() returns an array of all of the elements:

1	`console.log( $( "li" ).get() );`

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

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

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>get demo</title>
  <style>
  span {
    color: red;
  }
  </style>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-4.0.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
Reversed - <span></span>
<div>One</div>
<div>Two</div>
<div>Three</div>
<script>
function display( divs ) {
  var a = [];
  for ( var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++ ) {
    a.push( divs[ i ].innerHTML );
  }
  $( "span" ).text( a.join(" ") );
}
display( $( "div" ).get().reverse() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Contents:

.get( index )Returns: Element

version added: 1.0.get( index )

Demo:

.get()Returns: Array

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