## jQuery.makeArray( obj )Returns: Array

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

- #### version added: 1.2 jQuery.makeArray( obj )

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

Turn a collection of HTMLElements into an Array of them.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 |
    <!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>  <meta charset="utf-8">  <title>jQuery.makeArray demo</title>  <style>  div {    color: red;  }  </style>  <script src="https://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 NodeListvar elems = document.getElementsByTagName( "div" );// Convert the NodeList to an Arrayvar arr = jQuery.makeArray( elems );// Use an Array method on list of dom elementsarr.reverse();$( arr ).appendTo( document.body );</script> </body></html>

#### Demo:

Turn a jQuery object into an array

1 2 |
    var obj = $( "li" );var arr = $.makeArray( obj );

#### Result:

1 2 |
    ( typeof obj === "object" && obj.jquery ) === true;jQuery.isArray( arr ) === true;