## .toArray()Returns: Array

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

- #### version added: 1.4.toArray()

  - This method does not accept any arguments.

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

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    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">]

## 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.

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    <!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>  <meta charset="utf-8">  <title>toArray demo</title>  <style>  span {    color: red;  }  </style>  <script src="https://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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